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Worldwide Family Member Employment Overview – 2020 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 May 2023. It was originally published by the Family Liaison Office which is now the Global Community Liaison Office.

Worldwide Family Member Employment Overview, Fall 2020 (data covering 04/2020 to 10/2020 with 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.

 

 

The adult family member overseas population totaled 11,756.

Males accounted for 25% of the population with 2,909 individuals reported.

Females accounted for 75% of the population with 8,847 individuals reported.

Chart displaying the reported genders of Adult Family Members overseas

 

 

Report 2017 2018 2019 2020
Spring FAMER 12,064 12,154 12,159 12,249
Fall FAMER 11,816 11,982 11,722 11,756

Chart displaying the reported adult family member population overseas

 

 

Working Inside the Mission 3,018 26%
Working Outside the Mission 1,798 15%
Not Employed 6,936 59%
Report Number of EFMs Percentage

Chart displaying reported employment status of family members overseas

 

 

Bureau Family Members at Post Working Inside % Working Outside % Total Family Members Working %
African Affairs (AF) 1,389 37% 17% 54%
East Asian and Pacific Affairs (EAP) 2,369 22% 14% 36%
European and Eurasian Affairs (EUR) 3,661 20% 17% 37%
Near Eastern Affairs (NEA) 1,339 29% 15% 44%
South and Central Asian Affairs (SCA)1 533 48% 16% 64%
Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA) 2,465 25% 13% 38%
Total and Average 11,756 26% 15% 41%

1 Three SCA Special Incentive Posts (SIP) account for 6% of SCA Inside the Mission positions.

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

 

 

Report AF EAP EUR NEA SCA WHA
2017 Fall 431 457 537 274 211 463
2018 Fall 536 527 691 365 256 587
2019 Fall 545 559 756 391 267 636
2020 Fall 513 513 718 393 257 624

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 2017 - 2020)

 

 

Report 2017 2018 2019 2020
Spring FAMER 3,392 2,602 3,143 3,289
Fall FAMER 2,373 2,962 3,154 3,018

Chart displaying Family Member Employment Inside the Mission

 

 

Category Number of EFMs Percentage of EFMs
Other 467 26%
Telework 425 24%
Freelance / Home Business 397 22%
Education 316 17%
Local Economy 193 11%
Total 1,798 100%

Other Fields Defined

Field Number of EFMs % of EFMs
Commute to U.S. 15 1%
DETO 100 6%
International Org/PVO/NGO 108 6%
Law 22 1%
Medical 34 2%
Military 19 1%
Other Diplomatic Mission 8 <1%
Recreation Association 54 3%
U.S. Government – DC 107 6%
Total 467 26%

Chart displaying Family Member Employment Inside the Mission

 

 

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