Foreign Relations of the United States, 1977–1980, Volume XXVIII, Organization and Management of Foreign Policy

207. Memorandum From the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Equal Employment Opportunity (Burroughs) to the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Management (Read)¹

Washington, March 8, 1978

SUBJECT

• Annual Statistics: Status of Minority Employees

In my memo of February 24 on the status of women² I promised statistics on minority employees (Black, Hispanic, Native American, and Asian-American). Here they are.

First I would like to emphasize that the counting of minorities is an imperfect science. By Civil Service Commission rules, identification is made by “sight” of employment personnel, supervisors, etc. This method is a reaction to the days when minorities were required to identify themselves on forms etc. and that led to many injustices and abuses in hiring and other matters. The sight system is subject to confusion (e.g., Anna Jankowski is a known Hispanic married to a Polish-American and therefore should be counted as an Hispanic while Marie Gonzalez is of Irish ancestry married to an Hispanic and therefore should not be counted as an Hispanic). The sight system is also subject to oversight (e.g., Andy Young³ and I were not among those reported as minority employees in 1977). Obviously, minority identification is crucial and deserves more attention than it has received in the past.

Last spring M/EEO made personal visits to bureaus to check accuracy of our lists and that resulted in “finding” approximately 100 minorities not previously identified (largely in the GS/GG workforce). This discovery somewhat distorts statistics because our minority population was in fact about 0.8% larger than documented as of December 31, 1976. However, rather than make changes as of that date and earlier we will temper reaction to increases as of December 31, 1977.

We also use whatever other means are available to us (short of asking employees directly) in order to ensure that our confidential identification files are as accurate as possible. Thus, in spite of shortcomings in the identification process, we believe our records are a fairly reliable picture of the Department’s minority employment. Attachments and highlights are as follows:

Tab A—One-Year Comparison of All Pay Plans By Grades Therein (Total Minorities)

The representation of minorities in the total workforce went up by 1.1% (from 15.1% on December 31, 1976 to 16.2% on December 31, 1977).

Experts on the representation of minorities in the national workforce can’t seem to agree, but the figure appears to hover around 16% (low, of course, because of high unemployment among minorities). Our overall representation of 16.2%, therefore, on the surface may be respectable. Yet, as was the case with women, representation of minorities among the several pay plans varies from a low of 4.5% in FSO to a high of 41.5% in GS.

The representation of minorities in all FS pay plans increased over the past year: FSO’s by 0.2%, FSR’s by 1.3%, FSRU’s by 1.1%, FSS/FSSO’s by 0.1%, and total FS by 0.5%.

In the twelve months ending December 31, 1977, the GS/GG plans show minorities increasing by 1.7% from 38.0% to 39.7%. The health of this situation can be evaluated in at least two different ways. There are those who believe that, since the metropolitan D.C. area has a large minority population, our GS/GG minority representation is not excessive. On the other hand, there are those (like the Civil Service Commission) who believe that our GS/GG minority and female representations are too large; that criticism includes the assumption that we recruit nationally, which we do to a modest degree. The answer may be somewhere in between. In any event, as long as GS/GG categories are viewed as less than full and vital participants in our mission we must be concerned. The paucity of minorities at the senior Civil Service levels (not a single minority above GS-15) is especially disturbing.

Tab B—Breakdowns By Minority Sub-Groups

1. By Pay Plans 1976–7

2. By Pay Plans and Grades 1977

In order to be responsive to the individual special-emphasis minority groups, the CSC requires sub-group breakouts. The sub-group picture is also useful in targeting recruitment.

Blacks, who constitute approximately 11% of the U.S. population and about 10% of the national workforce, constitute 13.7% of our total workforce (up 0.9% from 12.8% a year ago). In the total Foreign Service, black representation is up by 0.4% (from 4.0% to 4.4%) while FSO’s increased by 0.2% (from 2.7% to 2.9%). Among GS/GG employees, blacks went from 35.3% to 36.3% or an increase of 1.0%.

Hispanics now constitute a little over 5% of the U.S. population and a little over 4% of the national workforce. In our total workforce, Hispanic representation went from 1.4% at the end of 1976 to 1.5% at the end of 1977 (+0.1%). The exact same figures prevail in total FS pay plans while FSO’s went from 1.0% to 1.1% (+0.1%). The GS/GG workforce shows an increase of 0.3% for Hispanics (up from 1.4% to 1.7%).

American Indians (Native Americans) constitute approximately 0.4% of the U.S. population and about 0.1% of the national workforce. At State, Native Americans represent 0.1% of our total workforce—no percentile change in the past year although in absolutes the total went from 11 to 15 due to our clean-up of identifications mentioned on page 1 of this memo. Of more than 9,000 employees in all FS pay plans, only 4 are Native Americans (less than one-tenth of one percent); among 3,514 FSO’s, only one is Native American. No change at all in any FS pay plan between 1976 and 1977. The GS/GG figure for Native Americans went up by 0.1% (from 0.2% to 0.3%).

Asian Americans, or Americans of Oriental origin, constitute a little over 1% of the U.S. population and about 1% of the national workforce. Our total workforce shows 0.9% for Asian Americans (up 0.1% from 0.8% in the past year). There was no change in the FS total—stands constant at 0.7%, with FSO’s also remaining constant at 0.5%. The Asian-American GS/GG workforce shows an increase of 0.3% (from 1.1% to 1.4%).

From the above breakouts it is again very obvious that all sub-groups are too sparsely represented in the Foreign Service and, in some cases, overrepresented in the Civil Service. It seems appropriate here to quote the 1974 CSC inspection report:⁴ “Despite the intensified minority recruiting efforts of the State Department, the agency’s employment profile continues to show an overwhelming white foreign service and an increasingly black civil service.”

Tab C—Two-Year Study of Workforce Growth By Pay Plan and Minorities

For a different short-term perspective, this study shows that in the past two years the overall number of minorities (all pay plans) has grown at a pace (+10.3%) greater than the total workforce (+4.1%) and non-minorities (+2.9%). Some degree of growth in minority strength is visible in all pay plans.

Among FSO’s, minorities went from 146 on December 31, 1975 to 159 as of December 31, 1977—or plus 13 (=8.9%) while total FSO’s grew by 53 (=1.4%) and non-minorities grew by 40 (=1.2%). That kind of growth of minorities, if at least sustained, is encouraging. In my view, however, we should aim at even greater growth so that, for example, staffing of posts soon will be more representative of the U.S.

The FSR pay plan shows a two-year growth of 1 or 0.5% for minorities while total went down 20 or 0.9% and non-minorities went down 21 or 1.0%. While we have trouble explaining this catch-all pay plan, it must be assumed (as was the case with women) that the freeze on MRB-8 laterals is causing the declines in total and non-minorities. What probably would have been a similar decline for minorities may have been offset by the minority FSR/JO program—a net of 35 hires in 1976–77—plus seven hires under the Middle-Level program in the same two years. The FSRU increases also explain the FSR decreases (total up 451 or +142.7% and non-minorities up 413 or +137.2%); for minorities, the growth (up 38 or +253.3%) is good although they remain less than one-tenth of the FSRU pay plan.

Minorities in the FS Staff Corps declined by 3 (−1.7%) in the past two years while total declined by 206 (−7.5%) and non-minorities declined by 203 (−7.9%). This slower rate of decline for minorities may be good, unless the FSS pay plan loses more stature.

Minorities in all FS pay plans went from 547 in 1975 to 596 in 1977, a growth of 49 or 9.0%. That kind of growth shows a good trend. Total FS population grew by 278 or 3.2% and non-minorities grew by 229 or 2.8%.

Turning to the GS/GG categories, minority growth over these two years was 144 or 10.9% while total growth was 218 or 6.2% and non-minority growth was 74 or 3.4%. Here we should have some doubts about the high minority growth.

Tab D—Nine-Year Comparison of All Pay Plans By Grades Therein

Employment data-gathering on minorities in federal agencies did not develop any sophistication until the mid-1960’s. At State, 1969 is the earliest year for which we can locate any reliable figures (and even those do not include the GG plan). Our ability to make long-term comparisons is, therefore, somewhat limited.

In this nine-year study (without the GG plan), the representation of minorities in the total workforce went up 3.1% (from 13.0% on November 30, 1969 to 16.1% on December 31, 1977).

The largest increase in minority representation occurred in the GS pay plan—up 6.0% from 35.5% to 41.5%. This may be some kind of irony since in these nine years apparently the GS pay plan lost status at State with many position designations converted from GS to FS. As was the case with women, minorities are concentrated at GS-6 and below (64.4% or 719 of 1,116 in 1969 and 52.8% or 747 of 1,414 in 1977). While this long-term study shows some progress for GS minorities at the support, junior, and middle levels, minorities lost ground at the senior level (down from 3.8% to 0.0%). Clearly, a Civil Service Upward Mobility Program must get priority attention.

In the nine-year period covered here, the total FS pay plans gained 0.9% in minority representation (up from 5.7% to 6.6%). All levels show increases except the support level and even that can be viewed as progress.

Representation of minorities in the FSO pay plan went from 2.0% in 1969 to 4.5% in 1977, or an increase of 2.5%. A large part of the increase is due to the FSR/JO minority program commenced in 1967. Since the first conversion to FSO in 1972, approximately 70 have been converted and about 60 remain in our employ at the FSO-6 and -5 level. Modest progress is also visible for minorities at senior and middle levels of the FSO plan, but failure of minority intake via the exam process is probably responsible for the poor record at FSO-8 and -7.

In a nine-year study like this, the FSR pay plan remains elusive. We know that population rose significantly after 1971 due to the FAS program and that population started falling quickly about 1974 for the same reason (conversions to FSRU). The same kind of in-and-out to FSO is true of the minority FSR/JO program initiated in 1967, although approximately 70 hires remain in the FSR plan. Still the increase in FSR minority representation over nine years was only 1.8%.

The minorities left in the vanishing FS Staff Corps show some progress at top and middle levels in spite of movement out, presumably, to FSR and FSRU and perhaps to FSO. In total, minority representation in FSS/FSSO dropped by 0.7% since 1969. That kind of change is hard to assess since the future of that pay plan appears somewhat uncertain.

Tab E—Nine-Year Study of Workforce Growth By Pay Plan and Minorities

This long-term growth perspective shows that between 1969–77 minorities in the total workforce have grown by 343 (+20.6%) while the total population decreased by 367 (−2.9%) and non-minorities decreased by 710 (−6.4%).

As we discovered in our ten-year study of women, the GS workforce increased in this comparable period—by 264 (+8.4%) with non-minorities declining by 34 (−1.7%) and minorities increasing by 298 (+26.7%). The total of all FS plans lost 631 (−6.5%), non-minorities therein lost 676 (−7.4%), and minorities therein gained 45 (+8.2%). In other words, of the 343 increase in minorities over 1969–77, 298 (or 86.9%) were in the GS pay plan and 45 (or 13.1%) were in the FS pay plans. That tilt, perhaps signifying stereotyping, should concern us because here again we are talking about support type positions.

The FSO pay plan shows the most dramatic increase for minorities in this nine-year study—up 92 from 67 to 159 (+137.3%). As suggested earlier, this increase would not have been possible without the FSR/JO minority program. The total FSO Corps grew by 236 (+7.2%) and non-minorities grew by 144 (+4.5%).

The FSR/FSRU pay plans increased by 1,522 (+103.5%) between 1969 and 1977. Non-minorities grew by 1,371 (+100.9%) and minorities grew by 151 (+134.8%). The many variables influencing these two pay plans once more leave us uncertain. One can speculate that the FAS program was good for improving the status of minorities by providing an escape from GS/GG and FSS/FSSO, yet FSRU causes the loss of all employees more quickly (including minorities) so that representation of minorities in those two pay plans remains below 10%.

Minorities in FSS/FSSO decreased by 198 (−53.2%) in the last nine years—ahead of total loss of 2,389 (−48.6%) and ahead of non-minority loss of 2,191 (−48.2%). Interpretation of this loss will be influenced to some degree by what plans we have for the future of the FS Staff Corps.

Tab F—a. Minority FSO’s By Cone

b. Minority FSO Promotions

c. Minority FSO’s By Grade/Level

Minority representation in the FSO pay plan, as with female representation, probably is our greatest challenge. Since data collecting on minorities and the FSO exam/intake has only begun this past year, we have no definitive statistics to offer in this collection.

We can, however, show you conal distribution of minority FSO’s as of December 31, 1977. While not as startling as with women, minorities are heavily concentrated in the Consular cone and in short supply in Executive roles and the Political and Economic cones. (By the way, of the 159 minority FSO’s only 25 are women; of those 13 are Consular).

Collection of data on minority FSO promotions was started with the 1977 list (data on 1978 promotions should be ready in a few weeks). It is clear that 13.0% of eligible minorities were promoted vs. 19.1% among non-minorities. It is also clear that the average age of minorities promoted was lower than for non-minorities and that average time-in-class (without previous pay plan time) was more favorable for minorities. However, one study does not demonstrate a trend.

The nine-year study by FSO grades and levels is intended to show year-by-year movement. The senior level deserves special focus, with an increase of 1.3% for minorities. I suppose that could be viewed as progress, yet we must remain aware that 16 of the 18 minorities at that level are eligible for retirement (over 50 years of age). If they elect retirement, the senior level FSO minorities would be almost wiped out (the situation for women is similar at the top level).

Conclusion

Once again it is evident, I believe, that we must sustain affirmative action initiatives to make our workforce more representative of the U.S. population.

Tab A

Table Prepared in the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity⁵

Washington, February 1978

DEPARTMENT OF STATE MINORITY EMPLOYEES—BY GRADE AND PAY PLANS ONE YEAR STUDY

	12/31/76			12/31/77			Percent Change
	Total Pop.	Total Minorities	Percent	Total Pop.	Total Minorities	Percent
	COMBINED FOREIGN SERVICE AND CIVIL SERVICE
SENIOR LEVEL
CA	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
CM	40	1	2.5	39	1	2.6	+ 0.1
FSO/R/RU–1 & GS/GG–18/17	417	7	1.7	456	10	2.2	+ 0.5
–2 –16	567	13	2.3	565	16	2.8	+ 0.5
Sub Total Senior Level	1,025	21	2.0	1,060	27	2.5	+ 0.5
MIDDLE LEVEL
FSO/R/RU–3, FSSO–1 & GS/GG–15/14	1,194	48	4.0	1,237	54	4.4	+ 0.4
–4 –2 –13	1,456	72	4.9	1,468	79	5.4	+ 0.5
–5 –3 –12	1,401	144	10.3	1,429	156	10.9	+ 0.6
Sub Total Middle Level	4,051	264	6.5	4,134	289	7.0	+ 0.5
JUNIOR LEVEL
FSO/R/RU–6, FSSO–4 & GS/GG–11/10	1,527	224	14.7	1,635	234	14.3	− 0.4
–7 –5 –9/8	1,899	357	18.8	1,932	386	20.0	+ 1.2
–8 –6/7 –7	1,883	321	17.0	1,751	321	18.3	+ 1.3
Sub Total Junior Level	5,309	902	17.0	5,318	941	17.7	+ 0.7
SUPPORT LEVEL
FSS–8 & GS/GG–6	885	230	26.0	969	254	26.2	+ 0.2
–9 –5	671	243	36.2	618	256	41.4	+ 5.2
–10 –4/3/2/1	526	226	43.0	644	300	46.6	+ 3.6
Sub Total Support Level	2,082	699	33.6	2,231	810	36.3	+ 2.7
GRAND TOTAL FS & GS	12,467	1,886	15.1	12,743	2,067	16.2	+ 1.1
	ALL FOREIGN SERVICE (FSO/R/RU AND FSSO/FSS)
CA	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
CM	40	1	2.5	39	1	2.6	+ 0.1
FSO/R/RU–1	411	7	1.7	450	10	2.2	+ 0.5
–2	544	12	2.2	543	15	2.8	+ 0.6
Sub Total Senior Level	996	20	2.0	1,032	26	2.5	+ 0.5
–3/FSSO–1	980	33	3.4	1,018	38	3.7	+ 0.3
–4–2	1,313	58	4.4	1,310	64	4.9	+ 0.5
–5–3	1,244	110	8.8	1,248	115	9.2	+ 0.4
Sub Total Middle Level	3,537	201	5.7	3,576	217	6.1	+ 0.4
–6–4	1,197	112	9.4	1,287	118	9.2	− 0.2
–7–5	1,227	82	6.7	1,255	107	8.5	+ 1.8
–8–6	791	49	6.2	775	54	7.0	+ 0.8
–7	589	46	7.8	464	33	7.1	− 0.7
Sub Total Junior Level	3,804	289	7.6	3,781	312	8.3	+ 0.7
FSS–8	431	23	5.3	506	33	6.5	+ 1.2
–9	130	13	10.0	100	7	7.0	− 3.0
–10	41	1	2.4	41	1	2.4	—
Sub Total Support Level	602	37	6.1	647	41	6.3	+ 0.2
TOTAL FS	8,939	547	6.1	9,036	596	6.6	+ 0.5
	FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER (FSO)
CA	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
CM	40	1	2.5	39	1	2.6	+ 0.1
FSO–1	311	6	1.9	341	8	2.3	+ 0.4
–2	305	10	3.3	310	9	2.9	− 0.4
Sub Total Senior Level	657	17	2.6	690	18	2.6	—
–3	615	17	2.8	655	16	2.4	− 0.4
–4	854	27	3.2	803	31	3.9	+ 0.7
–5	627	68	10.8	590	68	11.5	+ 0.7
Sub Total Middle Level	2,096	112	5.3	2,048	115	5.6	+ 0.3
–6	340	20	5.9	397	24	6.0	+ 0.1
–7	283	1	0.4	318	2	0.6	+ 0.2
–8	85	—	—	61	—	—	—
Sub Total Junior Level	708	21	3.0	776	26	3.4	+ 0.4
TOTAL FSO	3,461	150	4.3	3,514	159	4.5	+ 0.2
	FOREIGN SERVICE RESERVE (FSR)
FSR–1	60	—	—	60	1	1.7	+ 1.7
–2	145	1	0.7	126	5	4.0	+ 3.3
Sub Total Senior Level	205	1	0.5	186	6	3.2	+ 2.7
–3	218	12	5.5	198	15	7.6	+ 2.1
–4	274	15	5.5	285	16	5.6	+ 0.1
–5	340	29	8.5	378	28	7.4	− 1.1
Sub Total Middle Level	832	56	6.7	861	59	6.9	+ 0.2
–6	495	60	12.1	462	55	11.9	− 0.2
–7	546	52	9.5	534	71	13.3	+ 3.8
–8	208	17	8.2	183	19	10.4	+ 2.2
Sub Total Junior Level	1,249	129	10.3	1,179	145	12.3	+ 2.0
TOTAL FSR	2,286	186	8.1	2,226	210	9.4	+ 1.3
	FOREIGN SERVICE RESERVE UNLIMITED (FSRU)
FSRU–1	40	1	2.5	49	1	2.0	− 0.5
–2	94	1	1.1	107	1	0.9	− 0.2
Sub Total Senior Level	134	2	1.5	156	2	1.3	− 0.2
–3	92	4	4.3	108	5	4.6	+ 0.3
–4	85	10	11.8	124	13	10.5	− 1.3
–5	86	3	3.5	109	6	5.5	+ 0.7
Sub Total Middle Level	263	17	6.5	341	24	7.0	+ 0.5
–6	85	6	7.1	166	14	8.4	+ 1.3
–7	37	5	13.5	95	12	12.6	− 0.9
–8	2	—	—	9	1	11.1	+11.1
Sub Total Junior Level	124	11	8.9	270	27	10.0	+ 1.1
TOTAL FSRU	521	30	5.8	767	53	6.9	+ 1.1
	FOREIGN SERVICE STAFF (FSSO/FSS)
FSSO–1	55	—	—	57	2	3.5	+ 3.5
–2	100	6	6.0	98	4	4.1	− 1.9
–3	191	10	5.2	171	13	7.6	+ 2.4
Sub Total Middle Level	346	16	4.6	326	19	5.8	+ 1.2
–4	277	26	9.4	262	25	9.5	+ 0.1
–5	361	24	6.6	308	22	7.1	+ 0.5
–6	496	32	6.5	522	34	6.5	—
–7	589	46	7.8	464	33	7.1	− 0.7
Sub Total Junior Level	1,723	128	7.4	1,556	114	7.3	− 0.1
FSS–8	431	23	5.3	506	33	6.5	+ 1.2
–9	130	13	10.0	100	7	7.0	− 3.0
–10	41	1	2.4	41	1	2.4	—
Sub Total Support Level	602	37	6.1	647	41	6.3	+ 0.2
TOTAL FSSO/FSS	2,671	181	6.8	2,529	174	6.9	+ 0.1
	ALL CIVIL SERVICE (GS/GG)
GS/GG–18	3	—	—	2	—	—	—
–17	3	—	—	4	—	—	—
–16	23	1	4.3	22	1	4.5	+ 0.2
Sub Total Senior Level	29	1	3.4	28	1	3.6	+ 0.2
–15	118	11	9.3	121	12	9.9	+ 0.6
–14	96	4	4.2	98	4	4.1	− 0.1
–13	143	14	9.8	158	15	9.5	− 0.3
–12	157	34	21.7	181	41	22.7	+ 1.0
Sub Total Middle Level	514	63	12.3	558	72	12.9	+ 0.6
–11	275	97	35.3	281	98	34.9	− 0.4
–10	55	15	27.3	67	18	26.9	− 0.4
–9	411	156	38.0	407	157	38.6	+ 0.6
–8	261	119	45.6	270	122	45.2	− 0.4
–7	503	226	44.9	512	234	45.7	+ 0.8
Sub Total Junior Level	1,505	613	40.7	1,537	629	40.9	+ 0.2
–6	454	207	45.6	463	221	47.7	+ 2.1
–5	541	230	42.5	518	249	48.1	+ 5.6
–4	272	105	38.5	317	126	39.7	+ 1.2
–3	134	61	45.5	176	100	56.8	+11.3
–2	70	52	74.3	94	63	67.0	− 7.3
–1	9	7	77.8	16	10	62.5	−15.3
Sub Total Support Level	1,480	662	44.7	1,584	769	48.5	+ 3.8
TOTAL CS	3,528	1,339	38.0	3,707	1,471	39.7	+ 1.7
	CIVIL SERVICE (GS)
GS–18	3	—	—	2	—	—	—
–17	3	—	—	3	—	—	—
–16	22	—	—	21	—	—	—
Sub Total Senior Level	28	—	—	26	—	—	—
–15	109	10	9.2	112	11	9.8	+ 0.6
–14	85	4	4.7	89	4	4.5	− 0.2
–13	128	14	10.9	143	15	10.5	− 0.4
–12	147	34	23.1	170	41	24.1	+ 1.0
Sub Total Middle Level	469	62	13.2	514	71	13.8	+ 0.6
–11	262	94	35.9	268	96	35.8	− 0.1
–10	42	11	26.2	54	14	25.9	− 0.3
–9	387	147	38.0	377	147	39.0	+ 1.0
–8	228	104	45.6	237	110	46.4	+ 0.8
–7	463	221	47.7	472	229	48.5	+ 0.8
Sub Total Junior Level	1,382	577	41.8	1,408	596	42.3	+ 0.5
–6	365	194	53.2	372	202	54.3	+ 1.1
–5	515	228	44.3	492	246	50.0	+ 5.7
–4	270	105	38.9	316	126	39.9	+ 1.0
–3	134	61	45.5	175	100	57.1	+11.6
–2	68	52	76.5	92	63	68.5	− 8.0
–1	9	7	77.8	16	10	62.5	−15.3
Sub Total Support Level	1,361	647	47.5	1,463	747	51.1	+ 3.6
TOTAL GS	3,240	1,286	39.7	3,411	1,414	41.5	+ 1.8
	CIVIL SERVICE (GG)
GG–18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
–17	—	—	—	1	—	—	—
–16	1	1	100.0	1	1	100.0	—
Sub Total Senior Level	1	1	100.0	2	1	50.0	−50.0
–15	9	1	11.1	9	1	11.1	—
–14	11	—	—	9	—	—	—
–13	15	—	—	15	—	—	—
–12	10	—	—	11—	—	—	—
Sub Total Middle Level	45	1	2.2	44	1	2.3	+ 0.1
–11	13	3	23.1	13	2	15.4	− 7.7
–10	13	4	30.8	13	4	30.8	—
–9	24	9	37.5	30	10	33.3	− 4.2
–8	33	15	45.5	33	12	36.4	− 9.1
–7	40	5	12.5	40	5	12.5	—
Sub Total Junior Level	123	36	29.3	129	33	25.6	− 3.7
–6	89	13	14.6	91	19	20.9	+ 6.3
–5	26	2	7.7	26	3	11.5	+ 3.8
–4	2	—	—	1	—	—	—
–3	—	—	—	1	—	—	—
–2	2	—	—	2	—	—	—
–1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sub Total Support Level	119	15	12.6	121	22	18.2	+ 5.6
TOTAL GG	288	53	18.4	296	57	19.3	+ 0.9
	SUMMARY BY PAY PLAN
FOREIGN SERVICE
CA	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
CM	40	1	2.5	39	1	2.6	+ 0.1
FSO	3,420	149	4.4	3,475	158	4.5	+ 0.1
FSR	2,286	189	8.1	2,226	210	9.4	+ 1.3
FSRU	521	30	5.8	767	53	6.9	+ 1.1
FSSO/FSS	2,671	181	6.8	2,529	174	6.9	+ 0.1
TOTAL FOREIGN SERVICE	8,939	547	6.1	9,036	596	6.6	+ 0.5
CIVIL SERVICE
GS	3,240	1,286	39.7	3,411	1,414	41.5	+ 1.8
GG	288	53	18.4	296	57	19.3	+ 0.9
TOTAL CIVIL SERVICE	3,528	1,339	38.0	3,707	1,471	39.7	+ 1.7
GRAND TOTAL	12,467	1,886	15.1	12,743	2,067	16.2	+ 1.1

Tab B

Table Prepared in the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity⁶

Washington, February 1978

DEPARTMENT OF STATE MINORITY EMPLOYEES—BY PAY PLANS AND SUB GROUPS AS OF 12/31/77

		MINORITIES
		TOTAL MINORITIES7		BLACK		HISPANIC		NATIVE AMER.		ASIAN AMER.
	TOTAL POP.	NO.	%	NO.	%	NO.	%	NO.	%	NO.	%
	COMBINED FOREIGN SERVICE AND CIVIL SERVICE
SENIOR LEVEL
CA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
CM	39	1	2.6	1	2.6	—	—	—	—	—	—
FSO/R/RU–1 & GS/GG–18/17	456	10	2.2	4	0.9	6	1.3	—	—	—	—
–2 –16	565	16	2.8	10	1.8	4	0.7	—	—	2	0.4
Sub Total Senior Level	1,060	27	2.5	15	1.4	10	0.9	—	—	2	0.2
MIDDLE LEVEL
FSO/R/RU–3, FSSO–1, & GS/GG–15/14	1,237	54	4.4	36	2.9	7	0.6	—	—	11	0.9
–4 –2 –13	1,468	79	5.4	52	3.5	18	1.2	—	—	9	0.6
–5 –3 –12	1,429	156	10.9	120	8.4	22	1.5	1	0.1	13	0.9
Sub Total Middle Level	4,134	289	7.0	208	5.0	47	1.1	1	—	33	0.8
JUNIOR LEVEL
FSO/R/RU–6, FSSO–4, & GS/GG–11/10	1,635	234	14.3	184	11.2	27	1.7	1	0.1	22	1.3
–7 –5 –9/8	1,932	386	20.0	321	16.6	44	2.3	5	0.3	16	0.8
–8 –6/7 –7	1,751	321	18.3	279	15.9	26	1.5	3	0.2	13	0.7
Sub Total Junior Level	5,318	941	17.7	784	14.7	97	1.8	9	0.2	51	1.0
SUPPORT LEVEL
FSS–8 & GS/GG–6	969	254	26.2	215	22.2	21	2.2	3	0.3	15	1.5
–9 –5	618	256	41.4	243	39.3	10	1.6	—	—	3	0.5
–10 –4/3/2/1	644	300	46.6	279	43.3	10	1.6	2	0.3	9	1.4
Sub Total Support Level	2,231	810	36.3	737	33.0	41	1.8	5	0.2	27	1.2
GRAND TOTAL FS & GS	12,743	2,067	16.2	1,744	13.7	195	1.5	15	0.1	113	0.9
	ALL FOREIGN SERVICE (FSO/R/RU AND FSSO/FSS)
CA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
CM	39	1	2.6	1	2.6	—	—	—	—	—	—
FSO/R/RU–1	450	10	2.2	4	0.9	6	1.3	—	—	—	—
–2	543	15	2.8	10	1.8	3	0.6	—	—	2	0.4
Sub Total Senior Level	1,032	26	2.5	15	1.5	9	0.9	—	—	2	0.2
–3 & FSSO–1	1,018	38	3.7	23	2.3	6	0.6	—	—	9	0.9
–4–2	1,310	64	4.9	38	2.9	17	1.3	—	—	9	0.7
–5–3	1,248	115	9.2	83	6.7	21	1.7	1	0.1	10	0.8
Sub Total Middle Level	3,576	217	6.1	144	4.0	44	1.2	1	—	28	0.8
–6–4	1,287	118	9.2	79	6.1	22	1.7	1	0.1	16	1.2
–7–5	1,255	107	8.5	75	6.0	25	2.0	1	0.1	6	0.5
–8–6	775	54	7.0	37	4.8	13	1.7	—	—	4	0.5
–7	464	33	7.1	22	4.7	7	1.5	1	0.2	3	0.6
Sub Total Junior Level	3,781	312	8.3	213	5.6	67	1.8	3	0.1	29	0.8
FSS–8	506	33	6.5	19	3.8	11	2.2	—	—	3	0.6
–9	100	7	7.0	5	5.0	2	2.0	—	—	—	—
–10	41	1	2.4	1	2.4	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sub Total Support Level	647	41	6.3	25	3.9	13	2.0	—	—	3	0.5
TOTAL FS	9,036	596	6.6	397	4.4	133	1.5	4	—	62	0.7
	FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS (FSO)
CA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
CM	39	1	2.6	1	2.6	—	—	—	—	—	—
FSO–1	341	8	2.3	4	1.2	4	1.2	—	—	—	—
–2	310	9	2.9	5	1.6	3	1.0	—	—	1	0.3
Sub Total Senior Level	690	18	2.6	10	1.4	7	1.0	—	—	1	0.1
–3	655	16	2.4	9	1.4	2	0.3	—	—	5	0.8
–4	803	31	3.9	20	2.5	9	1.1	—	—	2	0.2
–5	590	68	11.5	49	8.3	12	2.0	1	0.2	6	1.0
Sub Total Middle Level	2,048	115	5.6	78	3.8	23	1.1	1	—	13	0.6
–6	397	24	6.0	14	3.5	6	1.5	—	—	4	1.0
–7	318	2	0.6	—	—	2	0.6	—	—	—	—
–8	61	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sub Total Junior Level	776	26	3.4	14	1.8	8	1.0	—	—	4	0.5
TOTAL FSO	3,514	159	4.5	102	2.9	38	1.1	1	—	18	0.5
	FOREIGN SERVICE RESERVE (FSR)
FSR–1	60	1	1.7	—	—	1	1.7	—	—	—	—
–2	126	5	4.0	4	3.2	—	—	—	—	1	0.8
Sub Total Senior Level	186	6	3.2	4	2.2	1	0.5	—	—	1	0.5
–3	198	15	7.6	9	4.5	3	1.5	—	—	3	1.5
–4	285	16	5.6	9	3.2	4	1.4	—	—	3	1.1
–5	378	28	7.4	19	5.0	7	1.9	—	—	2	0.5
Sub Total Middle Level	861	59	6.9	37	4.3	14	1.6	—	—	8	0.9
–6	462	55	11.9	44	9.5	6	1.3	—	—	5	1.1
–7	534	71	13.3	54	10.1	14	2.6	1	0.2	2	0.4
–8	183	19	10.4	18	9.8	1	0.5	—	—	—	—
Sub Total Junior Level	1,179	145	12.3	116	9.8	21	1.8	1	0.1	7	0.6
TOTAL FSR	2,226	210	9.4	157	7.1	36	1.6	1	—	16	0.7
	FOREIGN SERVICE RESERVE UNLIMITED (FSRU)
FSRU–1	49	1	2.0	—	—	1	2.0	—	—	—	—
–2	107	1	0.9	1	0.9	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sub Total Senior Level	156	2	1.3	1	0.6	1	0.6	—	—	—	—
–3	108	5	4.6	4	3.7	1	0.9	—	—	—	—
–4	124	13	10.5	8	6.5	2	1.6	—	—	3	2.4
–5	109	6	5.5	5	4.6	1	0.9	—	—	—	—
Sub Total Middle Level	341	24	7.0	17	5.0	4	1.2	—	—	3	0.9
–6	166	14	8.4	11	6.6	2	1.2	—	—	1	0.6
–7	95	12	12.6	10	10.5	1	1.1	—	—	1	1.1
–8	9	1	11.1	1	11.1	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sub Total Junior Level	270	27	10.0	22	8.1	3	1.1	—	—	2	0.7
TOTAL FSRU	767	53	6.9	40	5.2	8	1.0	—	—	5	0.7
	FOREIGN SERVICE STAFF (FSSO/FSS)
FSSO–1	57	2	3.5	1	1.8	—	—	—	—	1	1.8
–2	98	4	4.1	1	1.0	2	2.0	—	—	1	1.0
–3	171	13	7.6	10	5.8	1	0.6	—	—	2	1.2
Sub Total Middle Level	326	19	5.8	12	3.7	3	0.9	—	—	4	1.2
–4	262	25	9.5	10	3.8	8	3.1	1	0.4	6	2.3
–5	308	22	7.1	11	3.6	8	2.6	—	—	3	1.0
–6	522	34	6.5	18	3.4	12	2.3	—	—	4	0.8
–7	464	33	7.1	22	4.7	7	1.5	1	0.2	3	0.6
Sub Total Junior Level	1,556	114	7.3	61	3.9	35	2.2	2	0.1	16	1.0
FSS–8	506	33	6.5	19	3.8	11	2.2	—	—	3	0.6
–9	100	7	7.0	5	5.0	2	2.0	—	—	—	—
–10	41	1	2.4	1	2.4	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sub Total Support Level	647	41	6.3	25	3.9	13	2.0	—	—	3	0.5
TOTAL FSSO/FSS	2,529	174	6.9	98	3.9	51	2.0	2	0.1	23	0.9
	ALL CIVIL SERVICE (GS/GG)
GS/GG–18	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
–17	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
–16	22	1	4.5	—	—	1	4.5	—	—	—	—
Sub Total Senior Level	28	1	3.6	—	—	1	3.6	—	—	—	—
–15	121	12	9.9	10	8.3	—	—	—	—	2	1.7
–14	98	4	4.1	3	3.1	1	1.0	—	—	—	—
–13	158	15	9.5	14	8.9	1	0.6	—	—	—	—
–12	181	41	22.7	37	20.4	1	0.6	—	—	3	1.7
Sub Total Middle Level	558	72	12.9	64	11.5	3	0.5	—	—	5	0.9
–11	281	98	34.9	91	32.4	4	1.4	—	—	3	1.1
–10	67	18	26.9	14	20.9	1	1.5	—	—	3	4.5
–9	407	157	38.6	140	34.4	9	2.2	1	0.2	7	1.7
–8	270	122	45.2	106	39.3	10	3.7	3	1.1	3	1.1
–7	512	234	45.7	220	43.0	6	1.2	2	0.4	6	1.2
Sub Total Junior Level	1,537	629	40.9	571	37.2	30	2.0	6	0.4	22	1.4
–6	463	221	47.7	196	42.3	10	2.2	3	0.6	12	2.6
–5	518	249	48.1	238	45.9	8	1.5	—	—	3	0.6
–4	317	126	39.7	114	36.0	6	1.9	1	0.3	5	1.6
–3	176	100	56.8	94	53.4	4	2.3	—	—	2	1.1
–2	94	63	67.0	61	64.9	—	—	1	1.1	1	1.1
–1	16	10	62.5	9	56.3	—	—	—	—	1	6.3
Sub Total Support Level	1,584	769	48.5	712	44.9	28	1.8	5	0.3	24	1.5
TOTAL CS	3,707	1,471	39.7	1,347	36.3	62	1.7	11	0.3	51	1.4
	CIVIL SERVICE (GS)
GS–18	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
–17	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
–16	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sub Total Senior Level	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
–15	112	11	9.8	10	8.9	—	—	—	—	1	0.9
–14	89	4	4.5	3	3.4	1	1.1	—	—	—	—
–13	143	15	10.5	14	9.8	1	0.7	—	—	—	—
–12	170	41	24.1	37	21.6	1	0.6	—	—	3	1.8
Sub Total Middle Level	514	71	13.8	64	12.5	3	0.6	—	—	4	0.8
–11	268	96	35.8	91	34.0	2	0.7	—	—	3	1.1
–10	54	14	25.9	14	25.9	—	—	—	—	—	—
–9	377	147	39.0	139	36.9	5	1.3	1	0.3	2	0.5
–8	237	110	46.4	104	43.9	2	0.8	3	1.3	1	0.4
–7	472	229	48.5	219	46.4	5	1.1	2	0.4	3	0.6
Sub Total Junior Level	1,408	596	42.3	567	40.3	14	1.0	6	0.4	9	0.6
–6	372	202	54.3	192	51.6	5	1.3	3	0.8	2	0.5
–5	492	246	50.0	238	48.4	5	1.0	—	—	3	0.6
–4	316	126	39.9	114	36.1	6	1.9	1	0.3	5	1.6
–3	175	100	57.1	94	53.7	4	2.3	—	—	2	1.1
–2	92	63	68.5	61	66.3	—	—	1	1.1	1	1.1
–1	16	10	62.5	9	56.3	—	—	—	—	1	6.3
Sub Total Support Level	1,463	747	51.1	708	48.4	20	1.4	5	0.3	14	1.0
TOTAL GS	3,411	1,414	41.5	1,339	39.3	37	1.1	11	0.3	27	0.8
	CIVIL SERVICE (GG)
GG–18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
–17	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
–16	1	1	100.0	—	—	1	100.0	—	—	—	—
Sub Total Senior Level	2	1	50.0	—	—	1	50.0	—	—	—	—
–15	9	1	11.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	11.1
–14	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
–13	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
–12	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sub Total Middle Level	44	1	2.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2.3
–11	13	2	15.4	—	—	2	15.4	—	—	—	—
–10	13	4	30.8	—	—	1	7.7	—	—	3	23.1
–9	30	10	33.3	1	3.3	4	13.3	—	—	5	16.7
–8	33	12	36.4	2	6.1	8	24.2	—	—	2	6.1
–7	40	5	12.5	1	2.5	1	2.5	—	—	3	7.5
Sub Total Junior Level	129	33	25.6	4	3.1	16	12.4	—	—	13	10.1
–6	91	19	20.9	4	4.4	5	5.5	—	—	10	11.0
–5	26	3	11.5	—	—	3	11.5	—	—	—	—
–4	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
–3	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
–2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
–1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sub Total Support Level	121	22	18.2	4	3.3	8	6.6	—	—	10	8.3
TOTAL GG	296	57	19.3	8	2.7	25	8.4	—	—	24	8.1
	SUMMARY BY PAY PLAN
FOREIGN SERVICE
CA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
CM	39	1	2.6	1	2.6	—	—	—	—	—	—
FSO	3,475	158	4.5	101	2.9	38	1.1	1	—	18	0.5
FSR	2,226	210	9.4	157	7.1	36	1.6	1	—	16	0.7
FSRU	767	53	6.9	40	5.2	8	1.0	—	—	5	0.7
FSSO/FSS	2,529	174	6.9	98	3.9	51	2.0	2	0.1	23	0.9
TOTAL FOREIGN SERVICE	9,036	596	6.6	397	4.4	133	1.5	4	—	62	0.7
CIVIL SERVICE
GS	3,411	1,414	41.5	1,339	39.3	37	1.1	11	0.3	27	0.8
GG	296	57	19.3	8	2.7	25	8.4	—	—	24	8.1
TOTAL CIVIL SERVICE	3,707	1,471	39.7	1,347	36.3	62	1.7	11	0.3	51	1.4
GRAND TOTAL	12,743	2,067	16.2	1,744	13.7	195	1.5	15	0.1	113	0.9

Tab C

Table Prepared in the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity⁸

Washington, February 1978

DEPARTMENT OF STATE MINORITY EMPLOYEES—BY SUB GROUP AND PAY PLAN AS OF 12/31/76 AND 12/31/77

			MINORITIES
			TOTAL		BLACK		HISPANIC		AM INDIAN		ORIENTAL
PAY PLAN		TOTAL POP.	NO.	%	NO.	%	NO.	%	NO.	%	NO.	%
FOREIGN SERVICE
CA	12/31/76	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	12/31/77	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	Change	− 1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
CM	12/31/76	40	1	2.5	1	2.5	—	—	—	—	—	—
	12/31/77	39	1	2.6	1	2.6	—	—	—	—	—	—
	Change	− 1	—	+ 0.1	—	+ 0.1	—	—	—	—	—	—
FSO	12/31/76	3,420	149	4.4	94	2.7	36	1.1	1	—	18	0.5
	12/31/77	3,514	159	4.5	102	2.9	38	1.1	1	—	18	0.5
	Change	+ 94	+ 10	+ 0.1	+ 8	+ 0.2	+ 2	—	—	—	—	—
FSR	12/31/76	2,286	186	8.1	144	6.3	28	1.2	1	—	13	0.6
	12/31/77	2,226	210	9.4	157	7.1	36	1.6	1	—	16	0.7
	Change	− 60	+ 24	+ 1.3	+ 13	+ 0.8	+ 8	+ 0.4	—	—	+ 3	+ 0.1
FSRU	12/31/76	521	30	5.8	21	4.0	6	1.2	—	—	3	0.6
	12/31/77	767	53	6.9	40	5.2	8	1.0	—	—	5	0.7
	Change	+ 246	+ 23	+ 1.1	+ 19	+ 1.2	+ 2	− 0.2	—	—	+ 2	+ 0.1
FSS	12/31/76	2,671	181	6.8	98	3.7	55	2.1	2	0.1	26	1.0
	12/31/77	2,529	174	6.9	98	3.9	51	2.0	2	0.1	23	0.9
	Change	− 142	− 7	+ 0.1	—	+ 0.2	− 4	− 0.1	—	—	− 3	− 0.1
TOTAL	12/31/76	8,939	547	6.1	358	4.0	125	1.4	4	—	60	0.7
FS	12/31/77	9,036	596	6.6	397	4.4	133	1.5	4	—	62	0.7
	Change	+ 97	+ 49	+ 0.5	+ 39	+ 0.4	+ 8	+ 0.1	—	—	+ 2	—
	CIVIL SERVICE
GS	12/31/76	3,240	1,286	39.7	1,233	38.1	28	0.9	6	0.2	19	0.6
	12/31/77	3,411	1,414	41.5	1,339	39.3	37	1.1	11	0.3	27	0.8
	Change	+ 171	+ 128	+ 1.8	+ 106	+ 1.2	+ 9	+0.2	+ 5	+0.1	+ 8	+0.2
GG	12/31/76	288	53	18.4	11	3.8	20	6.9	1	0.3	21	7.3
	12/31/77	296	57	19.3	8	2.7	25	8.4	—	—	24	8.1
	Change	+ 8	+ 4	+ 0.9	− 3	− 1.1	+ 5	+1.5	− 1	−0.3	+ 3	+0.8
TOTAL	12/31/76	3,528	1,339	38.0	1,244	35.3	48	1.4	7	0.2	40	1.1
CS	12/31/77	3,707	1,471	39.7	1,347	36.3	62	1.7	11	0.3	51	1.4
	Change	+ 179	+ 132	+ 1.7	+ 103	+ 1.0	+ 14	+0.3	+ 4	+0.1	+ 11	+0.3
	TOTAL FOREIGN SERVICE AND CIVIL SERVICE
	12/31/76	12,467	1,886	15.1	1,602	12.8	173	1.4	11	0.1	100	0.8
	12/31/77	12,743	2,067	16.2	1,744	13.7	195	1.5	15	0.1	113	0.9
	Change	+ 276	+ 181	+ 1.1	+ 142	+ 0.9	+ 22	+0.1	+ 4	—	+ 13	+0.1

Tab D

Table Prepared in the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity⁹

Washington, February 1978

DEPARTMENT OF STATE WORKFORCE GROWTH—MINORITIES 1975–77

	Total Workforce (GS and FS)
	Total	Non-Minorities		Minorities
12/31/75	12,247	10,373	(84.7%)	1,874	(15.3%)
During 1976	+ 220	+ 208		+ 12
(Diff)	(+ 1.8%)	(+ 2.0%)		(+ 0.6%)
12/31/76	12,467	10,581	(84.9%)	1,886	(15.1%)
During 1977	+ 276	+ 95		+ 181
(Diff)	(+ 2.2%)	(+ 0.9%)		(+ 9.6%)
12/31/77	12,743	10,676	(93.8%)	2,067	(16.2%)
(Diff 2 Years)	+ 496	+ 303		+ 193
	(+ 4.1%)	(+ 2.9%)		(+ 10.3%)
	FSO (Incl. CM and CA)
	Total	Non-Minorities		Minorities
12/31/75	3,461	3,315	(95.8%)	146	( 4.2%)
During 1976	—	− 4		+ 4
(Diff)	—	(− 0.1%)		(+ 2.7%)
12/31/76	3,461	3,311	(95.7%)	150	( 4.3%)
During 1977	+ 53	+ 44		+ 9
(Diff)	(+ 1.5%)	(+ 1.3%)		(+ 6.0%)
12/31/77	3,514	3,355	(95.5%)	159	( 4.5%)
(Diff 2 Years)	+ 53	+ 40		+ 13
	(+ 1.4%)	(+ 1.2%)		(+ 8.9%)
	FSR
	Total	Non-Minorities		Minorities
12/31/75	2,246	2,037	(90.7%)	209	( 9.3%)
During 1976	+ 40	+ 63		−23
(Diff)	(+ 1.8%)	(+ 3.1%)		(− 11.0%)
12/31/76	2,286	2,100	(91.9%)	186	( 8.1%)
During 1977	− 60	− 84		+ 24
(Diff)	(− 2.6%)	(− 4.0%)		(+ 12.9%)
12/31/77	2,226	2,016	(90.6%)	210	( 9.4%)
(Diff 2 Years)	− 20	− 21		+ 1
	(− 0.9%)	(− 1.0%)		(+ 0.5%)
	FSRU
	Total	Non-Minorities		Minorities
12/31/75	316	301	(95.3%)	15	(4.7%)
During 1976	+ 205	+ 190		+ 15
(Diff)	(+ 64.9%)	(+ 63.1%)		(+ 100.0%)
12/31/76	521	491	(94.2%)	30	(5.8%)
During 1977	+ 246	+ 223		+ 23
(Diff)	(+ 47.2%)	(+ 45.4%)		(+ 76.7%)
12/31/77	767	714	(93.1%)	53	(6.9%)
(Diff 2 Years)	+ 451	+ 413		+ 38
	(+ 142.7%)	(+ 137.2%)		(+ 253.3%)
	FSR and FSRU
	Total	Non-Minorities		Minorities
12/31/75	2,562	2,338	(91.3%)	224	(8.7%)
During 1976	+ 245	+ 253		− 8
(Diff)	(+ 9.6%)	(+ 10.8%)		(− 3.6%)
12/31/76	2,807	2,591	(92.3%)	216	(7.7%)
During 1977	+ 186	+ 139		+ 47
(Diff)	(+ 6.6%)	(+ 5.4%)		(+ 21.8%)
12/31/77	2,993	2,730	(91.2%)	263	(8.8%)
(Diff 2 Years)	+ 431	+ 392		+ 39
	(+ 16.8%)	(+ 16.8%)		(+ 17.4%)
	FSSO/FSS
	Total	Non-Minorities		Minorities
12/31/75	2,735	2,558	(93.5%)	177	(6.5%)
During 1976	− 64	− 68		+ 4
(Diff)	(− 2.3%)	(− 2.7%)		(+ 2.3%)
12/31/76	2,671	2,490	(93.2%)	181	(6.8%)
During 1977	− 142	− 135		− 7
(Diff)	(− 5.3%)	(− 5.4%)		(− 3.9%)
12/31/77	2,529	2,355	(93.1%)	174	(6.9%)
(Diff 2 Years)	− 206	− 203		(− 3)
	(− 7.5%)	(− 7.9%)		(− 1.7%)
	All FS
	Total	Non-Minorities		Minorities
12/31/75	8,758	8,211	(93.8%)	547	(6.2%)
During 1976	+ 181	+ 181		—
(Diff)	(+ 2.1%)	(+ 2.2%)		—
12/31/76	8,939	8,392	(93.9%)	547	(6.1%)
During 1977	+ 97	+ 48		+ 49
(Diff)	(+ 1.1%)	(+ 0.6%)		(+ 9.0%)
12/31/77	9,036	8,440	(93.4%)	596	(6.6%)
(Diff 2 Years)	+ 278	+ 229		+ 49
	(+ 3.2%)	(+ 2.8%)		(+ 9.0%)
	All GS (GS and GG)
	Total	Non-Minorities		Minorities
12/31/75	3,489	2,162	(62.0%)	1,327	(38.0%)
During 1976	+ 39	+ 27		+ 12
(Diff)	(+ 1.1%)	(+ 1.2%)		(+ 0.9%)
12/31/76	3,528	2,189	(62.0%)	1,339	(38.0%)
During 1977	+ 179	+ 47		+ 132
(Diff)	(+ 5.1%)	(+ 2.1%)		(+ 9.9%)
12/31/77	3,707	2,236	(60.3%)	1,471	(39.7%)
(Diff 2 Years)	+ 218	+ 74		+ 144
	(+ 6.2%)	(+ 3.4%)		(+ 10.9%)

Tab E

Table Prepared in the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity¹⁰

Washington, February 1978

DEPARTMENT OF STATE MINORITY EMPLOYEES—BY GRADES AND PAY PLANS NINE-YEAR STUDY

	11/30/6911			12/31/77			9-Year Percent Change
	Total Pop.	Total Minorities	Percent	Total Pop.	Total Minorities	Percent
	COMBINED FOREIGN SERVICE AND CIVIL SERVICE
SENIOR LEVEL
CA	8	—	—	—	—	—	—
CM	63	—	—	39	1	2.6	+ 2.6
FSO/R/RU–1 & GS/GG–18/17	424	9	2.1	455	10	2.2	+ 0.1
–2 –16	665	9	1.4	564	15	2.7	+ 1.3
Sub Total Senior Level	1,160	18	1.6	1,058	26	2.5	+ 0.9
MIDDLE LEVEL
FSO/R/RU–3, FSSO–1 & GS/GG–15/14	1,417	42	3.0	1,219	53	4.3	+ 1.3
–4 –2 –13	1,460	49	3.4	1,453	79	5.4	+ 2.0
–5 –3 –12	1,246	54	4.3	1,418	156	11.0	+ 6.7
Sub Total Middle Level	4,123	145	3.5	4,090	288	7.0	+ 3.5
JUNIOR LEVEL
FSO/R/RU–6, FSSO–4, & GS/GG–11/10	1,259	100	7.9	1,609	228	14.2	+ 6.3
–7 –5 –9/8	1,489	222	14.9	1,869	364	19.5	+ 4.6
–8 –6/7 –7	2,470	323	13.1	1,711	316	18.5	+ 5.4
Sub Total Junior Level	5,218	645	12.4	5,189	908	17.5	+ 5.1
SUPPORT LEVEL
FSS–8 & GS/GG–6	1,088	280	25.7	878	235	26.8	+ 1.1
–9 –5	624	252	40.4	592	253	42.7	+ 2.3
–10 –4/3/2/1	601	327	54.4	640	300	46.9	− 7.5
Sub Total Support Level	2,313	859	37.1	2,110	788	37.3	+ 0.2
GRAND TOTAL FS & GS	12,814	1,667	13.0	12,447	2,010	16.1	+ 3.1
	ALL FOREIGN SERVICE (FSO/R/RU AND FSSO/FSS)
CA	8	—	—	—	—	—	—
CM	63	—	—	39	1	2.6	+ 2.6
FSO/R/RU–1	416	8	1.9	450	10	2.2	+ 0.3
–2	647	9	1.4	543	15	2.8	+ 1.4
Sub Total Senior Level	1,134	17	1.5	1,032	26	2.5	+ 1.0
–3/FSSO–1	1,114	36	3.2	1,018	38	3.7	+ 0.5
–4–2	1,240	39	3.1	1,310	64	4.9	+ 1.8
–5–3	1,064	34	3.2	1,248	115	9.2	+ 6.0
Sub Total Middle Level	3,418	109	3.2	3,576	217	6.1	+ 2.9
–6–4	991	50	5.0	1,287	118	9.2	+ 4.2
–7–5	948	66	7.0	1,255	107	8.5	+ 1.5
–8–6	1,212	98	8.1	775	54	7.0	− 1.1
–7	848	71	8.4	464	33	7.1	− 1.3
Sub Total Junior Level	3,999	285	7.1	3,781	312	8.3	+ 1.2
FSS–8	787	95	12.1	506	33	6.5	− 5.6
–9	225	31	13.8	100	7	7.0	− 6.8
–10	104	14	13.5	41	1	2.4	−11.1
Sub Total Support Level	1,116	140	12.5	647	41	6.3	− 6.2
TOTAL FS	9,667	551	5.7	9,036	596	6.6	+ 0.9
	FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER (FSO)
CA	8	—	—	—	—	—	—
CM	63	—	—	39	1	2.6	+ 2.6
FSO–1	299	5	1.7	341	8	2.3	+ 0.6
–2	416	5	1.2	310	9	2.9	+ 1.7
Sub Total Senior Level	786	10	1.3	690	18	2.6	+ 1.3
–3	656	18	2.7	655	16	2.4	− 0.3
–4	635	13	2.0	803	31	3.9	+ 1.9
–5	536	6	1.1	590	68	11.5	+10.4
Sub Total Middle Level	1,827	37	2.0	2,048	115	5.6	+ 3.6
–6	441	11	2.5	397	24	6.0	+ 3.5
–7	189	6	3.2	318	2	0.6	− 2.6
–8	35	3	8.6	61	—	—	− 8.6
Sub Total Junior Level	665	20	3.0	776	26	3.4	+ 0.4
TOTAL FSO	3,278	67	2.0	3,514	159	4.5	+ 2.5
	FOREIGN SERVICE RESERVE (FSR)
FSR–1	117	3	2.6	60	1	1.7	− 0.9
–2	231	4	1.7	126	5	4.0	+ 2.3
Sub Total Senior Level	348	7	2.0	186	6	3.2	+ 1.2
–3	325	15	4.6	198	15	7.6	+ 3.0
–4	320	16	5.0	285	16	5.6	+ 0.6
–5	189	13	6.9	378	28	7.4	+ 0.5
Sub Total Middle Level	834	44	5.3	861	59	6.9	+ 1.6
–6	154	14	9.1	462	55	11.9	+ 2.8
–7	98	30	30.6	534	71	13.3	−17.3
–8	37	17	45.9	183	19	10.4	−35.5
Sub Total Junior	289	61	21.1	1,179	145	12.3	− 8.8
TOTAL FSR	1,471	112	7.6	2,226	210	9.4	+ 1.8
	FOREIGN SERVICE RESERVE UNLIMITED (FSRU)
FSRU–1				49	1	2.0	+ 2.0
–2				107	1	0.9	+ 0.9
Sub Total Senior Level				156	2	1.3	+ 1.3
–3				108	5	4.6	+ 4.6
–4				124	13	10.5	+10.5
–5				109	6	5.5	+ 5.5
Sub Total Middle Level	(INTRODUCED 1971)			341	24	7.0	+ 7.0
–6				166	14	8.4	+ 8.4
–7				95	12	12.6	+12.6
–8				9	1	11.1	+11.1
Sub Total Junior Level				270	27	10.0	+10.0
TOTAL FSRU				767	53	6.9	+ 6.9
	FOREIGN SERVICE STAFF (FSSO/FSS)
FSSO–1	133	3	2.3	57	2	3.5	+ 1.2
–2	285	10	3.5	98	4	4.1	+ 0.6
–3	339	15	4.4	171	13	7.6	+ 3.2
Sub Total Middle Level	757	28	3.7	326	19	5.8	+ 2.1
–4	396	25	6.3	262	25	9.5	+ 3.2
–5	661	30	4.5	308	22	7.1	+ 2.6
–6	1,140	78	0.7	522	34	6.5	+ 5.8
–7	848	71	8.4	464	33	7.1	− 1.3
Sub Total Junior Level	3,045	204	6.7	1,556	114	7.3	+ 0.6
FSS–8	787	95	12.1	506	33	6.5	− 5.6
–9	225	31	13.8	100	7	7.0	− 6.8
–10	104	14	13.5	41	1	2.4	−11.1
Sub Total Support Level	1,116	140	12.5	647	41	6.3	− 6.2
TOTAL FSSO/FSS	4,918	372	7.6	2,529	174	6.9	− 0.7
	CIVIL SERVICE (GS)12
GS–18	1	—	—	2	—	—	—
–17	7	1	14.3	3	—	—	−14.3
–16	18	—	—	21	—	—	—
Sub Total Senior Level	26	1	3.8	26	—	—	− 3.8
–15	161	5	3.1	112	11	9.8	+ 6.7
–14	142	1	0.7	89	4	4.5	+ 3.8
–13	220	10	4.6	143	15	10.5	+ 5.9
–12	182	20	11.0	170	41	24.1	+13.1
Sub Total Middle Level	705	36	5.1	514	71	13.8	+ 8.7
–11	235	47	20.0	268	96	35.8	+15.8
–10	33	3	9.1	54	14	25.9	+16.8
–9	337	91	27.0	377	147	39.0	+12.0
–8	204	65	31.7	237	110	46.4	+14.7
–7	410	154	37.6	472	229	48.5	+10.9
Sub Total Junior Level	1,219	360	29.5	1,408	596	42.3	+12.8
–6	301	185	61.5	372	202	54.3	− 7.2
–5	399	221	55.4	492	246	50.0	− 5.4
–4	293	173	59.0	316	126	39.9	−19.1
–3	118	69	58.5	175	100	57.1	− 1.4
–2	81	69	85.2	92	63	68.5	−16.7
–1	5	2	40.0	16	10	62.5	+22.5
Sub Total Support Level	1,197	719	60.1	1,463	747	51.1	− 9.0
TOTAL GS	3,147	1,116	35.5	3,411	1,414	41.5	+ 6.0
	SUMMARY BY PAY PLAN
FOREIGN SERVICE
CA	8	—	—	—	—	—	—
CM	63	—	—	39	1	2.6	+ 2.6
FSO	3,207	67	2.1	3,475	158	4.5	+ 2.4
FSR	1,471	112	7.6	2,226	210	9.4	+ 1.8
FSRU	—	—	—	767	53	6.9	+ 6.9
FSSO/FSS	4,918	372	7.6	2,529	174	6.9	− 0.7
TOTAL FOREIGN SERVICE	9,667	551	5.7	9,036	596	6.6	+ 0.9
CIVIL SERVICE
GS (GG not available)	3,147	1,116	35.5	3,411	1,414	41.5	+ 6.0
GRAND TOTAL	12,814	1,667	13.0	12,447	2,010	16.1	+ 3.1

Tab F

Table Prepared in the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity¹³

Washington, February 1978

DEPARTMENT OF STATE MINORITY FSO’S BY GRADE/LEVEL: 9-YEAR STUDY (PERCENT OF TOTAL EMPLOYMENT)

Grade	11/6914	11/70	11/71	11/72	11/73	11/74	12/75	12/76	12/77	9-Year Diff
Senior Level
CA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
CM	—	—	1.9	2.0	2.3	4.3	2.2	2.5	2.6	+ 2.6
FSO–1	1.7	2.1	2.2	1.4	1.1	2.2	2.2	1.9	2.3	+ 0.6
–2	1.2	1.2	1.8	2.2	3.0	2.6	3.0	3.3	2.9	+ 1.7
Total	1.3	1.5	1.9	1.9	2.2	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	+ 1.3
Middle Level
FSO–3	2.7	3.1	3.0	2.9	2.9	3.4	2.7	2.8	2.4	− 0.3
–4	2.1	2.1	2.3	2.7	2.9	2.9	3.4	3.2	3.9	+ 1.8
–5	1.1	1.5	1.9	3.0	5.6	8.2	9.1	10.8	11.5	+ 10.4
Total	2.0	2.2	2.4	2.9	3.8	4.8	5.0	5.3	5.6	+ 3.6
Junior Level
FSO–6	2.5	3.2	3.2	7.7	6.7	6.4	4.6	5.9	6.0	+ 3.5
–7	3.2	3.1	4.4	4.5	2.8	2.3	2.3	0.4	0.6	− 2.6
–8	9.4	6.5	12.9	6.3	—	—	1.1	—	—	− 9.4
Total	3.0	3.3	4.2	6.8	5.0	4.1	3.2	3.0	3.4	+ 0.4
TOTAL	2.0	2.3	2.6	3.4	3.7	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.5	+ 2.5

1. Source: National Archives, RG 59, Records of the Under Secretary for Management (M), 1977–1978, Box 8, Chron March 1978. No classification marking. Copies were sent to Barnes and Clark.
2. See Document 206.
3. Andrew Young, U.S. Representative to the UN.
4. Not found.
5. No classification marking. Source: PER/MGT/OS Quarterly Summary of Employment (excluded are non-career Chiefs of Mission, FS/GS Unclassified, Consular Agents, Resident Staff, Wage Board, WAE, and Contract).
6. No classification marking. Source: PER/MGT/OS Quarterly Summary of Employment (excluded are non-career Chiefs of Mission, FS/GS Unclassified, Consular Agents, Resident Staff, Wage Board, WAE, and Contract).
7. Due to rounding, the sum of the sub group percent figures may not equal that of the total minorities figures on some lines. [Footnote is in the original.]
8. No classification marking.
9. No classification marking. Source: PER/MGT/OS Quarterly Summary of Employment (excluded are non-career Chiefs of Mission, FS/GS Unclassified, Consular Agents, Resident Staff, Wage Board, WAE, and Contract).
10. No classification marking. Source: PER/MGT/OS Quarterly Summary of Employment (excluded are non-career Chiefs of Mission, FS/GS Unclassified, Consular Agents, Resident Staff, Wage Board, WAE, and Contract).
11. 1969 is the earliest year for which reliable minority data are available at this time. [Footnote is in the original.]
12. NOTE: Civil Service GG not included in this report due to lack of minority statistics in 1969. [Footnote is in the original.]
13. No classification marking. Source: PER Summary of Employment (excluding non-Career Chiefs of Mission). Additional tables for Tab F are attached but not printed: Workforce Growth—Minorities, Minority FSOs by Primary Skill, and FSO Promotions.
14. Earliest year for which reliable minority data available. [Footnote is in the original.]