Worldwide Family Member Employment Overview
Adult Family Member Population Overseas
Report | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
Spring | 12,159 | 12,249 | 11,974 | 12,373 |
Fall | 11,722 | 11,756 | 11,840 | 12,370 |
Employment Status of Family Members Overseas
Status | Number of EFMs | Percentage |
Employed Inside the Mission | 3,124 | 25% |
Employed Outside the Mission | 2,095 | 17% |
Not Employed | 7,151 | 58% |
Geographic Distribution of Family Member Employment – Fall 2022
Bureau | Family Members at Post | Working Inside | Working Outside | Total Family Members Working |
African Affairs (AF)1 | 1,615 | 34% | 19% | 53% |
East Asian and Pacific Affairs (EAP)2 | 2,301 | 24% | 17% | 41% |
European and Eurasian Affairs (EUR) | 3,753 | 19% | 18% | 37% |
Near Eastern Affairs (NEA)3 | 1,410 | 29% | 15% | 44% |
South and Central Asian Affairs (SCA)4 | 554 | 46% | 14% | 60% |
Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA) | 2,737 | 23% | 16% | 39% |
Total / Average | 12,370 | 25% | 17% | 42% |
(Note: includes filled and pending positions; includes full-time, part-time, and intermittent work schedules.)
1 Two AF Special Incentive Posts (SIP) accounts for less than 1% of AF Inside the Mission positions.
2 One EAP Special Incentive Post (SIP) accounts for less than 1% of EAP Inside the Mission positions.
3 Two NEA Special Incentive Posts (SIP) account for 2% of NEA Inside the Mission positions.
4 Two SCA Special Incentive Posts (SIP) account for 1% of SCA Inside the Mission positions.
Number of Inside the Mission EFM Employees by Bureau – Fall 2019 to 2022
2019 Fall | 545 | 559 | 756 | 391 | 267 | 636 |
2020 Fall | 513 | 513 | 718 | 393 | 257 | 624 |
2021 Fall | 498 | 481 | 736 | 398 | 214 | 572 |
2022 Fall | 557 | 545 | 720 | 405 | 256 | 641 |
Report | AF | EAP | EUR | NEA | SCA | WHA |
Family Members Employed Inside the Mission
Report | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
Spring | 2,602 | 3,143 | 3,289 | 3,076 | 3,105 |
Fall | 2,962 | 3,154 | 3,018 | 2,893 | 3,124 |
Family Member Employment Outside the Mission – Fall 2022
Field | Number of EFMs | Percentage |
Local Economy | 169 | 8% |
International Organization | 53 | 3% |
RECASSN | 46 | 2% |
US Gov-DC | 44 | 2% |
Medical | 28 | 1% |
PVO/NGO | 20 | 1% |
Commute US | 20 | 1% |
Military | 12 | 1% |
Law | 7 | Less than 1% |
Other Dip | 5 | Less than 1% |
Total | 404 | 19% |
Worldwide Family Member Employment Overview, Fall 2022 (236 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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