Table B-23.  Active Component Commissioned Officer Gains and Corps, FY16: by Service and Gender with Civilian Comparison Groups

  SERVICE         CIVILIAN, 21-39 YRS
ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD COLLEGE GRADUATES
GENDER #      %      #      %      #      %      #      %      #      %      #        %      
Officer Gains1
Males 4,344 77.81 3,041 75.31 1,462 90.19 3,047 72.76 11,894 77.08 12,148,208 44.72
Females 1,239 22.19 997 24.69 159 9.81 1,141 27.24 3,536 22.92 15,016,445 55.28
TOTAL 5,583 100   4,038 100   1,621 100   4,188 100   15,430 100   27,164,653 100
  SERVICE         CIVILIAN, 21-49 YRS
ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD COLLEGE GRADUATES
GENDER #      %      #      %      #      %      #      %      #      %      #        %      
Officer Corps2
Males 63,508 81.57 43,043 81.65 17,232 92.48 48,402 79.40 172,185 81.92 23,807,630 48.59
Females 14,353 18.43 9,676 18.35 1,401 7.52 12,559 20.60 37,989 18.08 25,185,905 51.41
TOTAL 77,861 100   52,719 100   18,633 100   60,961 100   210,174 100   48,993,535 100
     
Note:  Officer gains reflect an addition to the officer ranks. This addition can reflect a new accession, a movement from another component, or the return of the officer to the same component.  The OSD definition of an officer gain is a transaction in a database that reflects the addition of an SSN that was not in the previous file.
1. Civilian comparison group includes 21-39 year-old college graduates in the noninstitutional civilian population, October 2015-September 2016 average.
2. Civilian comparison group includes college graduates in the civilian labor force (21-49 years old), September 2016.
Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey.  Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).