Number: R40056
Title: Legislative Branch Staffing, 1954-2007
Authors: R. Eric Petersen, Analyst in American National Government 
Abstract: This report provides data and analysis concerning legislative branch staffing levels since 1954. Legislative branch staff include congressional staff, who work in the House or Senate, and legislative agency staff, who work in a legislative branch agency. Legislative branch staff are counted by full-time equivalent (FTE) positions or payroll positions. FTE positions are based on an estimate of time needed to carry out the work of an agency, which is used to compute an estimated level of staffing. The second method considers staff on the payroll, a Ahead count@ method that counts the number of people actually carrying out the work of an agency. Because of their consistency and availability, payroll data are used for this report. FTE data are used in a few cases when payroll data are unavailable.
Pages: 13
Date: October 15, 2008