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Worldwide Family Member Employment Overview – 2018 Fall

Global Community Liaison Office

The Global Community Liaison Office routinely collects family member employment statistics from over 200 overseas posts. These statistics show the number of adult family members employed inside a U.S. embassy or consulate overseas, as well as those working on the local economy of their host country. The statistics also indicate the number of adult family members at post.

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This report was reformatted for accessibility in April 2023. It was originally published by the Family Liaison Office which is now the Global Community Liaison Office.

Worldwide Family Member Employment Overview, Fall 2018 (data covering 04/2018 to 10/2018 with 233 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.

 

 

The adult family member overseas population totaled 11,982.

Males accounted for 24% of the population with 2,828 individuals reported.

Females accounted for 76% of the population with 9,154 individuals reported.

Chart displaying the reported genders of Adult Family Members overseas

 

 

Report 2015 2016 2017 2018
Spring FAMER 11,701 11,861 12,064 12,154
Fall FAMER 11,678 11,841 11,816 11,982

Chart displaying the reported adult family member population overseas

 

 

Working Inside the Mission 2,122 18%
Pending Inside the Mission 840 7%
Working and Pending Inside the Mission 2,962 25%
Working Outside the Mission 2,042 17%
Not Employed 6,978 58%
Report Number of EFMs Percentage

Chart displaying reported employment status of family members overseas

 

 

Bureau Family Members at Post Working Inside % Pending Inside % Working Outside % Total Family Members Working1 %
African Affairs (AF) 1,649 24% 8% 18% 42%
East Asian and Pacific Affairs (EAP) 2,461 15% 7% 16% 30%
European and Eurasian Affairs (EUR) 3,328 15% 5% 20% 35%
Near Eastern Affairs (NEA) 1,322 19% 9% 17% 35%
South and Central Asian Affairs (SCA) 539 35% 13% 14% 49%
Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA) 2,683 15% 7% 15% 30%
Total and Average 11,982 21% 8% 17% 37%

1 Total does not include pending

 

 

Report AF EAP EUR NEA SCA WHA
2015 Fall 567 579 729 328 304 705
2016 Fall 647 616 809 400 298 731
2017 Fall 431 457 537 274 211 463
2018 Fall 536 527 691 365 256 587

Note: includes filled and pending positions; includes full-time, part-time, and intermittent work schedules.

Chart displaying the number of inside the mission EFM employees by Bureau (Fall 2015 - 2018)

 

 

Report 2015 2016 2017 2018
Spring FAMER 3,110 3,436 3,392 2,602
Fall FAMER 3,212 3,501 2,373 2,962

Chart displaying Family Member Employment Inside the Mission

Category Number of EFMs Percentage of EFMs
Freelance/Home Business 483 24%
Education 404 20%
Telework 368 18%
Other 329 16%
Local Economy 252 12%
US Government 123 6%
International Organization 83 4%
Total 2,042 100%

Other Fields Defined

Field Number of EFMs
Commute to US 21
DETO 77
Law 18
Medical 60
Military 14
Other Diplomatic Mission 10
PVO/NGO 57
Recreation Association 72
Total 329

 

Chart displaying Family Member Employment Inside the Mission

 

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