Worldwide Family Member Employment Overview
Adult Family Member Population Overseas
- Spring 2022: 12,373
- Fall 2021: 11,840
- Spring 2021: 11,974
- Fall 2020: 11,756
- Spring 2020: 12,249
- Fall 2019: 11,722
- Spring 2019: 12,159
- Fall 2018: 11,982
- Spring 2018: 12,154
Employment Status of Family Members Overseas
- Adult Family Members Employed: 42% (5,147)
- Working Outside the Mission: 17% (2,035)
- Working Inside the Mission: 25% (3,112)
- Not Employed: 58% (7,226)
Geographic Distribution of Family Member Employment – Spring 2022
Bureau | Family Members at Post | Working Inside | Working Outside | Total Family Members Working |
African Affairs (AF)* | 1,591 | 36% | 18% | 54% |
East Asian and Pacific Affairs (EAP) | 2,343 | 23% | 17% | 39% |
European and Eurasian Affairs (EUR) | 3,818 | 20% | 17% | 37% |
Near Eastern Affairs (NEA)** | 1,388 | 30% | 15% | 45% |
South and Central Asian Affairs (SCA)*** | 540 | 43% | 14% | 56% |
Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA) | 2,693 | 22% | 16% | 38% |
Total/Average | 12,373 | 25% | 17% | 42% |
(Note: includes filled and pending positions; includes full-time, part-time, and intermittent work schedules.)
* One AF Special Incentive Posts (SIP) accounts for less than 1% of AF Inside the Mission positions.
** Two NEA Special Incentive Posts (SIP) account for 2% of NEA Inside the Mission positions.
*** Two SCA Special Incentive Posts (SIP) account for 10% of SCA Inside the Mission positions.
Number of Inside the Mission EFM Employees by Bureau – Spring 2019 to 2022
Report | AF | EAP | EUR | NEA | SCA | WHA |
2019 Spring | 545 | 559 | 756 | 391 | 267 | 636 |
2020 Spring | 602 | 582 | 757 | 394 | 287 | 667 |
2021 Spring | 532 | 523 | 760 | 379 | 262 | 620 |
2022 Spring | 575 | 531 | 754 | 417 | 230 | 605 |
Family Members Employed Inside the Mission
- Spring 2022: 3,112
- Fall 2021: 2,893
- Spring 2021: 3,076
- Fall 2020: 3,018
- Spring 2020: 3,289
- Fall 2019: 3,154
- Spring 2019: 3,143
- Fall 2018: 2,962
- Spring 2018: 2,602
Family Member Employment Outside the Mission – Spring 2022
17% (2,035) Employed Outside the Mission
- Telework (non-DETO): 29% (586)
- Home Business & Freelance: 22% (451)
- Education: 14% (281)
- DETO: 10% (208)
- Other: 25% (509) to include:
- Local Economy (109)
- International Organization (74)
- US Gov-DC (69)
- RECASSN (51)
- PVO/NGO (32)
- Law (24)
- Medical (24)
- Commute US (19)
- Military (18)
- Other Dip (8)
Worldwide Family Member Employment Overview, Spring 2022 (234 updated posts, 99% of posts reporting)
“Adult Family Members” are associated with the US Department of State, the other Foreign Affairs Agencies, as well as all other government agencies operating under Chief of Mission authority.
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