Annual full-time equivalent staffing levels at immigration and labor standards enforcement agencies, 2012—2021
Immigration enforcement | Labor standards enforcement | |
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2012 | 81,127 | 12,288 |
2013 | 79,373 | 12,297 |
2014 | 80,228 | 11,918 |
2015 | 78,669 | 11,744 |
2016 | 78,585 | 11,465 |
2017 | 77,845 | 11,188 |
2018 | 78,645 | 10,419 |
2019 | 81,112 | 10,843 |
2020 | 83,689 | 9,669 |
2021 | 78,938 | 9,337 |
Note: Number of full-time equivalent staff employed reflect totals for the U.S. government’s fiscal year, which goes from October 1 to September 30. Immigration enforcement staffing totals for 2012 include staff at U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology program (US-VISIT). Immigration enforcement staffing totals for 2013 to 2018 include staff at CBP and ICE. Immigration enforcement totals for 2019 to 2021 include staff at CBP, ICE, and the Office of Biometric and Identity Management (OBIM). Totals for labor standards enforcement include staffing at all subagencies, administrations, and offices that the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) considers for "Worker Protection" in budget documents—which include the Employee Benefits Security Administration, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Wage and Hour Division, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Office of Labor-Management Standards, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Mine Safety and Health Administration, and the Office of the Solicitor—as well as staffing at two non-DOL agencies, the National Labor Relations Board and the National Mediation Board.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Fiscal Year 2023 - Department of Labor, Budget in Brief and Archived Budgets, Fiscal Years 2012-22; National Mediation Board, Congressional Justifications, Fiscal Years 2014-23; National Labor Relations Board, Performance Budget Justification, Fiscal Years 2012-23; and U.S. Department of Homeland Security, DHS Budget, Congressional Budget Justification for Fiscal Years 2012-23.