Appendix 2—Staffing

The figures in these tables include staff on long-term paid leave, but exclude staff on leave without pay or on temporary movements out of the department at 30 June 2022, as well as non-ongoing staff employed on an irregular or intermittent basis who did not work on 30 June 2022.

Staff numbers, by classification, salary range and gender, 30 June 2022
Salary ($) Gender Total
Classification Male Female
Clerk of the Senate 443,390* 1 - 1
Deputy Clerk of the Senate (SES Band 2) 229,715–241,805 - 1 1
Clerk Assistants and Usher of the Black Rod (SES Band 1) 189,542–199,068 2 2 4
Parliamentary Executive Level 2 (PEL 2) 146,788–156,951 11 12 23
Parliamentary Executive Level 1 (PEL 1) 117,999–132,176 12 24 36
Parliamentary Service Level 6 (APS 6) 97,635–107,101 11 36 47
Parliamentary Service Level 5 (APS 5) 86,680–92,051 2 4 6
Parliamentary Service Level 4 (APS 4) 77,588–83,339 10 23 33
Parliamentary Service Level 3 (APS 3) 69,180–74,735 4 18 22
Parliamentary Service Level 2 (APS 2) 60,878–67,785 2 1 3
Parliamentary Service Level 1 (APS 1) 54,153–60,143 3 1 4
Total 58 122 180

SES = Senior Executive Service, PEL = Parliamentary Executive Level, APS = Australian Parliamentary Service Indicates total remuneration package*

Employees by gender
2021–2022 2020–2021
Gender Ongoing Non-ongoing Ongoing Non-ongoing
Female 111 11 108 6
Male 54 4 58 6
Total 165 15 166 12
Full-time and part-time employees
2021–2022 2020–2021
Full-time or part-time Ongoing Non-ongoing Ongoing Non-ongoing
Full-time 144 9 144 8
Part-time 21 6 22 4
Total 165 15 166 12
Employees by classification
2021–2022 2020–2021
Classification Ongoing Non-ongoing Ongoing Non-ongoing
Clerk of the Senate 1 - - 1
SES2 1 - 1 -
SES1 4 - 4 -
PEL2 23 - 23 -
PEL1 35 1 32 2
APS6 43 4 44 3
APS5 6 - 6 -
APS4 32 1 26 1
APS3 16 6 23 4
APS2 2 1 5 -
APS1 2 2 2 1
Total 165 15 166 12