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

208. 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 22, 1978

SUBJECT

• Status of Minority Women

REFERENCE

• My Memos of February 24, 1978 (Status of Women) and March 8, 1978 (Status of Minorities)²

Minority women have become the object of special focus in recent years because many minority women perceive themselves as victims of double discrimination. It is generally conceded that while non-minority women have made some progress toward equality in our society, minority women have not kept pace. The Civil Service Commission (CSC) has therefore asked federal agencies to evaluate their employment profiles in terms of minority women—implying, of course, that affirmative action be taken to remedy shortcomings.

We have developed two statistical studies:

Tab A—Women Employees By Minority and Non-Minority Categories

Tab B—Minority Employees By Sex

Minority women (1,245) constitute 9.8% of our total workforce (12,743) as of December 31, 1977 (up 151 or 0.9% from December 31, 1975—the first such study ever done at State to the best of our knowledge).

According to Department of Labor statistics, minority women constitute about 7% of the national workforce. That figure would be higher if unemployment among minorities were not as high as it is but, in any event, our overall figure of 9.8% seems superficially good.

By pay plan, however, once again we have startling disparity. Minority women in the FSO Corps are 0.7% of total FSO’s (up 0.2% in two years), 2.8% of FSR’s (down 0.2%), 1.4% of FSRU’s (up 0.9%), 3.8% of FSS/FSSO’s (up 0.5%), and 2.2% (up 0.2%) of all FS (or a mere 195 of 9,036). In absolutes, minority women in all FS pay plans grew by 19 since 1975.

On the other hand, minority women in the GS/GG plans grew by 132 in the same period. They now constitute 29.9% of GS (up 2.0% in two years), 10.2% of GG (up 0.7%) and 28.3% (up 2.0%) of combined GS/GG (or 1,050 of 3,707).

Obviously minority women are severely underrepresented in the Foreign Service, a pay plan that should reflect our country’s diversity around the world, and it could be argued that minority women are overrepresented in the less prestigious domestic pay plans.

The news gets worse as we focus on levels. Not a single minority woman above GS-13 (no change in two years). Only one above GG-10 (no change). 56.9% of GS/GG minority women (597 of 1,050) are at GS/GG-6 and below—vs. 44.8% for our non-minority women, 40.9% for minority men, and 19.5% for non-minority men. Two years ago 54.5% of our minority women (500 of 918) were at GS/GG-6 and below, which means retrogression of 2.4% as of December 31, 1977. We have been accused of maintaining ante-bellum plantations; these statistics make it difficult to argue that point.

On the Foreign Service side, we have only one minority woman (FSR-2) at the senior level (0.1% of the total workforce at that level—no change in two years). The middle level shows an increase of 0.1% (up from 1.1% to 1.2%), the junior level grew by 0.2% (from 3.3% to 3.5%), and the support level grew by 0.8% (from 2.7% to 3.5%). In contrast to GS/GG, Foreign Service minority women at the support level are 11.8% of their total—vs. 20.6% for non-minority women, 4.5% for minority men, and 2.3% for non-minority men. Two years ago, 9.1% of FS minority women were at the support level (up 2.7% as of December 31, 1977).

Conclusion

This last report is probably the most dismal of the three EEO profiles submitted to you. I recognize that we, as an institution, can’t be all things to all people, yet minority women may indeed be justified in feeling double jeopardy. Once again well-calculated recruitment and upward mobility programs are sorely needed.

Tab A

Table Prepared in the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity³

Washington, March 1978

DEPARTMENT OF STATE WOMEN EMPLOYEES—BY NON-MINORITY/MINORITY CATEGORIES AS OF 12/31/77

		WOMEN
	Total Pop.	Total		Non-Minority		Minority
No.	Percent	No.	Percent	No.	Percent
	COMBINED FOREIGN SERVICE AND CIVIL SERVICE
SENIOR LEVEL
CA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
CM	39	—	—	—	—	—	—
FSO/R/RU–1, & GS/GG–18/17	456	12	2.6	12	2.6	—	—
–2 –16	565	23	4.1	22	3.9	1	0.2
Sub Total	1,060	35	3.3	34	3.2	1	0.1
MIDDLE LEVEL
FSO/R/RU–3, FSSO–1, & GS/GG–15/14	1,237	123	9.9	117	9.4	6	0.5
–4 –2 –13	1,468	198	13.5	186	12.7	12	0.8
–5 –3 –12	1,429	326	22.8	271	19.0	55	3.8
Sub Total	4,134	647	15.7	574	13.9	73	1.8
JUNIOR LEVEL
FSO/R/RU–6, FSSO–4, & GS/GG–11/10	1,635	538	32.9	441	27.0	97	5.9
–7 –5 –9/8	1,932	885	45.8	652	33.7	233	12.1
–8 –6/7 –7	1,751	985	56.3	764	43.7	221	12.6
Sub Total	5,318	2,408	45.3	1,857	34.9	551	10.4
SUPPORT LEVEL
FSS–8 & GS/GG–6	969	728	75.1	544	56.1	184	19.0
–9 –5	618	479	77.5	282	45.6	197	31.9
–10 –4/3/2/1	644	509	79.0	270	41.9	239	37.1
Sub Total	2,231	1,716	76.9	1,096	49.1	620	27.8
GRAND TOTAL FS & GS	12,743	4,806	37.7	3,561	27.9	1,245	9.8
	ALL FOREIGN SERVICE (FSO/R/RU AND FSSO/FSS)
CA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
CM	39	—	—	—	—	—	—
FSO/R/RU-1	450	11	2.4	11	2.4	—	—
–2	543	20	3.7	19	3.5	1	0.2
Sub Total Senior Level	1,032	31	3.0	30	2.9	1	0.1
–3/FSSO–1	1,018	89	8.7	84	8.2	5	0.5
–4 –2	1,310	144	11.0	138	10.5	6	0.5
–5 –3	1,248	236	18.9	205	16.4	31	2.5
Sub Total Middle Level	3,576	469	13.1	427	11.9	42	1.2
–6 –4	1,287	342	26.6	300	23.3	42	3.3
–7 –5	1,255	384	30.6	342	27.3	42	3.3
–8 –6	775	344	44.4	314	40.5	30	3.9
–9	464	238	51.3	223	48.1	15	3.2
Sub Total Junior Level	3,781	1,308	34.6	1,179	31.2	129	3.4
FSS–8	506	353	69.8	335	66.2	18	3.6
–9	100	57	57.0	53	53.0	4	4.0
–10	41	37	90.2	36	87.8	1	2.4
Sub Total Support Level	647	447	69.1	424	65.5	23	3.6
TOTAL FS	9,036	2,255	25.0	2,060	22.8	195	2.2
	FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS (FSO)
CA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
CM	39	—	—	—	—	—	—
FSO–1	341	8	2.3	8	2.3	—	—
–2	310	8	2.6	8	2.6	—	—
Sub Total Senior Level	690	16	2.3	16	2.3	—	—
–3	655	39	6.0	37	5.7	2	0.3
–4	803	51	6.4	49	6.1	2	0.3
–5	590	85	14.4	70	11.9	15	2.5
Sub Total Middle Level	2,048	175	8.5	156	7.6	19	0.9
–6	397	75	18.9	69	17.4	6	1.5
–7	318	57	17.9	56	17.6	1	0.3
–8	61	14	23.0	14	23.0	—	—
Sub Total Junior Level	776	146	18.8	139	17.9	7	0.9
TOTAL FSO	3,514	337	9.6	311	8.9	26	0.7
	FOREIGN SERVICE RESERVE OFFICERS (FSR)
FSR–1	60	3	5.0	3	5.0	—	—
–2	126	6	4.8	5	4.0	1	0.8
Sub Total Senior Level	186	9	4.8	8	4.3	1	0.5
–3	198	19	9.6	18	9.1	1	0.5
–4	285	51	17.9	49	17.2	2	0.7
–5	378	64	16.9	54	14.3	10	2.6
Sub Total Middle Level	861	134	15.6	121	14.1	13	1.5
–6	462	105	22.7	85	18.4	20	4.3
–7	534	110	20.6	87	16.3	23	4.3
–8	183	20	10.9	14	7.6	6	3.3
Sub Total Junior Level	1,179	235	19.9	186	15.8	49	4.1
TOTAL FSR	2,226	378	17.0	315	14.2	63	2.6
	FOREIGN SERVICE RESERVE UNLIMITED (FSRU)
FSRU–1	49	—	—	—	—	—	—
–2	107	6	5.6	6	5.6	—	—
Sub Total Senior Level	156	6	3.8	6	3.8	—	—
–3	108	21	19.4	19	17.6	2	1.8
–4	124	16	12.9	15	12.1	1	0.8
–5	109	38	34.9	36	33.1	2	1.8
Sub Total Middle Level	341	75	22.0	70	20.5	5	1.5
–6	166	31	18.7	26	15.7	5	3.0
–7	95	11	11.6	10	10.5	1	1.1
–8	9	1	11.1	1	11.1	—	—
Sub Total Junior Level	270	43	15.9	37	13.7	6	2.2
TOTAL FSRU	767	124	16.2	113	14.8	11	1.4
	FOREIGN SERVICE STAFF (FSSO/FSS)
FSSO–1	57	10	17.5	10	17.5	—	—
–2	98	26	26.5	25	25.5	1	1.0
–3	171	49	28.7	45	26.4	4	2.3
Sub Total Middle Level	326	85	26.1	80	24.6	5	1.5
–4	262	131	50.0	120	45.8	11	4.2
–5	308	206	66.9	189	61.4	17	5.5
–6	522	309	59.2	285	54.6	24	4.6
–7	464	238	51.3	223	48.1	15	3.2
Sub Total Junior Level	1,556	884	56.8	817	52.5	67	4.3
FSS–8	506	353	69.8	335	66.2	18	3.6
–9	100	57	57.0	53	53.0	4	4.0
–10	41	37	90.2	36	87.8	1	2.4
Sub Total Support Level	647	447	69.1	424	65.5	23	3.6
TOTAL FSSO/FSS	2,529	1,416	56.0	1,321	52.2	95	3.8
	ALL CIVIL SERVICE (GS/GG)
GS/GG–18	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
–17	4	1	25.0	1	25.0	—	—
–16	22	3	13.6	3	13.6	—	—
Sub Total Senior Level	28	4	14.3	4	14.3	—	—
–15	121	19	15.7	18	14.9	1	0.8
–14	98	15	15.3	15	15.3	—	—
–13	158	54	34.2	48	30.4	6	3.8
–12	181	90	49.7	66	36.5	24	13.2
Sub Total Middle Level	558	178	31.9	147	26.3	31	5.6
–11	281	146	52.0	100	35.6	46	16.4
–10	67	50	74.6	41	61.2	9	13.4
–9	407	280	68.8	183	45.0	97	23.8
–8	270	221	81.9	127	47.1	94	34.8
–7	512	403	78.7	227	44.3	176	34.4
Sub Total Junior Level	1,537	1,100	71.6	678	44.1	422	27.5
–6	463	375	81.0	209	45.1	166	35.9
–5	518	422	81.5	229	44.2	193	37.3
–4	317	258	81.4	148	46.7	110	34.7
–3	176	134	76.1	59	33.5	75	42.6
–2	94	67	71.3	21	22.3	46	49.0
–1	16	13	81.3	6	37.5	7	43.8
Sub Total Support Level	1,584	1,269	80.1	672	42.4	597	37.7
TOTAL CS	3,707	2,551	68.8	1,501	40.5	1,050	28.3
	CIVIL SERVICE (GS)
GS–18	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
–17	3	—	—	—	—	—	—
–16	21	3	14.3	3	14.3	—	—
Sub Total Senior Level	26	3	11.5	3	11.5	—	—
–15	112	17	15.2	17	15.2	—	—
–14	89	15	16.9	15	16.9	—	—
–13	143	48	33.6	42	29.4	6	4.2
–12	170	85	50.0	61	35.9	24	14.1
Sub Total Middle Level	514	165	32.1	135	26.3	30	5.8
–11	268	139	51.9	93	34.7	46	17.2
–10	54	44	81.5	36	66.7	8	14.8
–9	377	264	70.0	171	45.3	93	24.7
–8	237	201	84.8	113	47.7	88	37.1
–7	472	370	78.4	197	41.7	173	36.7
Sub Total Junior Level	1,408	1,018	72.3	610	43.3	408	29.0
–6	372	308	82.8	154	41.4	154	41.4
–5	492	403	81.9	213	43.3	190	38.6
–4	316	258	81.6	148	46.8	110	34.8
–3	175	134	76.6	59	33.7	75	42.9
–2	92	67	72.8	21	22.8	46	50.0
–1	16	13	81.3	6	37.5	7	43.8
Sub Total Support Level	1,463	1,183	80.9	601	41.1	582	39.8
TOTAL GS	3,411	2,369	69.5	1,349	39.6	1,020	29.9
	CIVIL SERVICE (GG)
GG–18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
–17	1	1	100.0	1	100.0	—	—
–16	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sub Total Senior Level	2	1	50.0	1	50.0	—	—
–15	9	2	22.2	1	11.1	1	11.1
–14	9	—	—	—	—	—	—
–13	15	6	40.0	6	40.0	—	—
–12	11	5	45.5	5	45.5	—	—
Sub Total Middle Level	44	13	29.5	12	27.3	1	2.2
–11	13	7	53.8	7	53.8	—	—
–10	13	6	46.2	5	38.5	1	7.7
–9	30	16	53.3	12	40.0	4	13.3
–8	33	20	60.6	14	42.4	6	18.2
–7	40	33	82.5	30	75.0	3	7.5
Sub Total Junior Level	129	82	63.6	68	52.7	14	10.9
–6	91	67	73.6	55	60.4	12	13.2
–5	26	19	73.1	16	61.6	3	11.5
–4	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
–3	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
–2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
–1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sub Total Support Level	121	86	71.1	71	58.7	15	12.4
TOTAL GG	296	182	61.5	152	51.4	30	10.1
	SUMMARY BY PAY PLAN
FOREIGN SERVICE
CA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
CM	39	—	—	—	—	—	—
FSO	3,475	337	9.7	311	8.9	26	0.8
FSR	2,226	378	17.0	315	14.2	63	2.8
FSRU	767	124	16.2	113	14.8	11	1.4
FSSO/FSS	2,529	1,416	56.0	1,321	52.2	95	3.8
TOTAL FOREIGN SERVICE	9,036	2,255	25.0	2,060	22.8	195	2.2
CIVIL SERVICE
GS	3,411	2,369	69.5	1,349	39.6	1,020	29.9
GG	296	182	61.5	152	51.4	30	10.1
TOTAL CIVIL SERVICE	3,707	2,551	68.8	1,501	40.5	1,050	28.3
GRAND TOTAL	12,743	4,806	37.7	3,561	27.9	1,245	9.8

Tab B

Table Prepared in the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity⁴

Washington, March 1978

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

MINORITY EMPLOYEES—BY SEX

AS OF 12/31/77

		Minorities
	TotalPop.	Total		Men		Women
		No.	Percent	No.	Percent	No.	Percent
SENIOR LEVEL
CA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
CM	39	1	2.6	1	2.6	—	—
FSO/R/RU–1 & GS/GG–18/17	456	10	2.2	10	2.2	—	—
–2 –16	565	16	2.8	15	2.6	1	0.2
Sub Total Senior Level	1,060	27	2.5	26	2.4	1	0.1
MIDDLE LEVEL
FSO/R/RU–3, FSSO–1, & GS/GG–15/14	1,237	54	4.4	48	3.9	6	0.5
–4 –2 –13	1,468	79	5.4	67	4.6	12	0.8
–5 –3 –12	1,429	156	10.9	101	7.1	55	3.8
Sub Total Middle Level	4,134	289	7.0	216	5.2	73	1.8
JUNIOR LEVEL
FSO/R/RU–6, FSSO–4, & GS/GG–11/10	1,635	234	14.3	137	8.4	97	5.9
–7 –5 –9/8	1,932	386	20.0	153	7.9	233	12.1
–8 –6 –7	1,751	321	18.3	100	5.7	221	12.6
Sub Total Junior Level	5,318	941	17.7	390	7.3	551	10.4
SUPPORT LEVEL
FSS–8 & GS/GG–6	969	254	26.2	70	7.2	184	19.0
–9 –5	618	256	41.4	59	9.5	197	31.9
–10 –4/3/2/1	644	300	46.6	61	9.5	239	37.1
Sub Total Support Level	2,231	810	36.3	190	8.5	620	27.8
GRAND TOTAL FS & GS	12,743	2,067	16.2	822	6.4	1,245	9.8
	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	10	2.2	—	—
–2	543	15	2.8	14	2.6	1	0.2
Sub Total Senior Level	1,032	26	2.5	25	2.4	1	0.1
–3/FSSO–1	1,018	38	3.7	33	3.2	5	0.5
–4–2	1,310	64	4.9	58	4.4	6	0.5
–5–3	1,248	115	9.2	84	6.7	31	2.5
Sub Total Middle Level	3,576	217	6.1	175	4.9	42	1.2
–6–4	1,287	118	9.2	76	5.9	42	3.3
–7–5	1,255	107	8.5	65	5.2	42	3.3
–8–6	775	54	7.0	24	3.1	30	3.9
–7	464	33	7.1	18	3.9	15	3.2
Sub Total Junior Level	3,781	312	8.3	183	4.8	129	3.5
FSS–8	506	33	6.5	15	2.9	18	3.6
–9	100	7	7.0	3	3.0	4	4.0
–10	41	1	2.4	—	—	1	2.4
Sub Total Support Level	647	41	6.3	18	2.8	23	3.5
TOTAL FS	9,036	596	6.6	401	4.4	195	2.2
	FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS (FSO)
CA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
CM	39	1	2.6	1	2.6	—	—
FSO–1	341	8	2.3	8	2.3	—	—
–2	310	9	2.9	9	2.9	—	—
Sub Total Senior Level	690	18	2.6	18	2.6	—	—
–3	655	16	2.4	14	2.1	2	0.3
–4	803	31	3.9	29	3.6	2	0.3
–5	590	68	11.5	53	9.0	15	2.5
Sub Total Middle Level	2,048	115	5.6	96	4.7	19	0.9
–6	397	24	6.0	18	4.5	6	1.5
–7	318	2	0.6	1	0.3	1	0.3
–8	61	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sub Total Junior Level	776	26	3.4	19	2.4	7	1.0
TOTAL FSO	3,514	159	4.5	133	3.8	26	0.7
	FOREIGN SERVICE RESERVE OFFICERS (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	5	2.7	1	0.5
–3	198	15	7.6	14	7.1	1	0.5
–4	285	16	5.6	14	4.9	2	0.7
–5	378	28	7.4	18	4.8	10	2.6
Sub Total Middle Level	861	59	6.9	46	5.3	13	1.6
–6	462	55	11.9	35	7.6	20	4.3
–7	534	71	13.3	48	9.0	23	4.3
–8	183	19	10.4	13	7.1	6	3.3
Sub Total Junior Level	1,179	145	12.3	96	8.1	49	4.2
TOTAL FSR	2,226	210	9.4	147	6.6	63	2.8
	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	2	1.3	—	—
–3	108	5	4.6	3	2.8	2	1.8
–4	124	13	10.5	12	9.7	1	0.8
–5	109	6	5.5	4	3.7	2	1.8
Sub Total Middle Level	341	24	7.0	19	5.5	5	1.5
–6	166	14	8.4	9	5.4	5	3.0
–7	95	12	12.6	11	11.6	1	1.0
–8	9	1	11.1	1	11.1	—	—
Sub Total Junior Level	270	27	10.0	21	7.8	6	2.2
TOTAL FSRU	767	53	6.9	42	5.5	11	1.4
	FOREIGN SERVICE STAFF (FSSO/FSS)
FSSO–1	57	2	3.5	2	3.5	—	—
–2	98	4	4.1	3	3.1	1	1.0
–3	171	13	7.6	9	5.3	4	2.3
Sub Total Middle Level	326	19	5.8	14	4.3	5	1.5
–4	262	25	9.5	14	5.3	11	4.2
–5	308	22	7.1	5	1.6	17	5.5
–6	522	34	6.5	10	1.9	24	4.6
–7	464	33	7.1	18	3.9	15	3.2
Sub Total Junior Level	1,556	114	7.3	47	3.0	67	4.3
FSS–8	506	33	6.5	15	3.0	18	3.5
–9	100	7	7.0	3	3.0	4	4.0
–10	41	1	2.4	—	—	1	2.4
Sub Total Support Level	647	41	6.3	18	2.8	23	3.5
TOTAL FSSO/FSS	2,529	174	6.9	79	3.1	95	3.8
	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	11	9.1	1	0.8
–14	98	4	4.1	4	4.1	—	—
–13	158	15	9.5	9	5.7	6	3.8
–12	181	41	22.7	17	9.4	24	13.3
Sub Total Middle Level	558	72	12.9	41	7.3	31	5.6
–11	281	98	34.9	52	18.5	46	16.4
–10	67	18	26.9	9	13.4	9	13.4
–9	407	157	38.6	60	14.7	97	23.9
–8	270	122	45.2	28	10.4	94	34.8
–7	512	234	45.7	58	11.3	176	27.4
Sub Total Junior Level	1,537	629	40.9	207	13.5	422	27.4
–6	463	221	47.7	55	11.9	166	35.8
–5	518	249	48.1	56	10.8	193	37.3
–4	317	126	39.7	16	5.0	110	34.7
–3	176	100	56.8	25	14.2	75	42.6
–2	94	63	67.0	17	18.1	46	48.9
–1	16	10	62.5	3	18.7	7	43.8
Sub Total Support Level	1,584	769	48.5	172	10.9	597	37.6
TOTAL CS	3,707	1,471	39.7	421	11.4	1,050	28.3
	CIVIL SERVICE (GS)
GS–18	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
–17	3	—	—	—	—	—	—
–16	21	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sub Total Senior Level	26	—	—	—	—	—	—
–15	112	11	9.8	11	9.8	—	—
–14	89	4	4.5	4	4.5	—	—
–13	143	15	10.5	9	6.3	6	4.2
–12	170	41	24.1	17	10.0	24	14.1
Sub Total Middle Level	514	71	13.8	41	8.0	30	5.8
–11	268	96	35.8	50	18.7	46	17.1
–10	54	14	25.9	6	11.1	8	14.8
–9	377	147	39.0	54	14.3	93	24.7
–8	237	110	46.4	22	9.3	88	37.1
–7	472	229	48.5	56	11.9	173	36.6
Sub Total Junior Level	1,408	596	42.3	188	13.3	408	29.0
–6	372	202	54.3	48	12.9	154	41.4
–5	492	246	50.0	56	11.4	190	38.6
–4	316	126	39.9	16	5.1	110	34.8
–3	175	100	57.1	25	14.3	75	42.8
–2	92	63	68.5	17	18.5	46	50.0
–1	16	10	62.5	3	18.7	7	43.8
Sub Total Support Level	1,463	747	51.1	165	11.3	582	39.8
TOTAL GS	3,411	1,414	41.5	394	11.6	1,020	29.9
	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	3	23.1	1	7.7
–9	30	10	33.3	6	20.0	4	13.3
–8	33	12	36.4	6	18.2	6	18.2
–7	40	5	12.5	2	5.0	3	7.5
Sub Total Junior Level	129	33	25.6	19	14.7	14	10.9
–6	91	19	20.9	7	7.7	12	13.2
–5	26	3	11.5	—	—	3	11.5
–4	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
–3	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
–2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
–1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sub Total Support Level	121	22	18.2	7	5.8	15	12.4
TOTAL GG	296	57	19.3	27	9.1	30	10.2
	SUMMARY BY PAY PLAN
FOREIGN SERVICE
CA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
CM	39	1	2.6	1	2.6	—	—
FSO	3,475	158	4.5	132	3.8	26	0.7
FSR	2,226	210	9.4	147	6.6	63	2.8
FSRU	767	53	6.9	42	5.5	11	1.4
FSSO/FSS	2,529	174	6.9	79	3.1	95	3.8
TOTAL FOREIGN SERVICE	9,036	596	6.6	401	4.4	195	2.2
CIVIL SERVICE
GS	3,411	1,414	41.5	394	11.6	1,020	29.9
GG	296	57	19.3	27	9.1	30	10.2
TOTAL CIVIL SERVICE	3,707	1,471	39.7	421	11.4	1,050	28.3
GRAND TOTAL	12,743	2,067	16.2	822	6.4	1,245	9.8

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 Documents 206 and 207.
3. No classification marking. Source: PER/MGT Quarterly Summary of Employment (Excluded are non-career Chiefs of Mission, FS/GS Unclassified, Consular Agents, Resident Staff, Wage Board, WAE, and Contract).
4. No classification marking. Source: PER/MGT Quarterly Summary of Employment (Excluded are non-career Chiefs of Mission, FS/GS Unclassified, Consular Agents, Resident Staff, Wage Board, WAE, and Contract).