Table B-34.  Active Component Warrant Officer Gains and Corps, FY17: by Service and Gender with Civilian Comparison Groups

  SERVICE         CIVILIAN 18-39 YRS-OLD
ARMY   NAVY   MARINE CORPS   AIR FORCE   TOTAL DoD   LABOR FORCE1
GENDER #      %        #      %        #      %        #      %        #      %        #        %      
Gains 2
Males 1,025 90.23 179 89.95 233 95.88 0 ----- 1,437 91.06 38,425,269 53.31
Females 111 9.77 20 10.05 10 4.12 0 ----- 141 8.94 33,657,169 46.69
TOTAL 1,136 100   199 100   243 100   0 -----   1,578 100   72,082,438 100
  SERVICE         CIVILIAN 18-49 YRS-OLD
ARMY   NAVY   MARINE CORPS   AIR FORCE   TOTAL DoD   LABOR FORCE3
GENDER #      %        #      %        #      %        #      %        #      %        #        %      
Corps 4
Males 12,975 90.39 1,571 92.85 1,942 94.18 0 ----- 16,488 91.05 56,115,411 53.13
Females 1,380 9.61 121 7.15 120 5.82 0 ----- 1,621 8.95 49,498,980 46.87
TOTAL 14,355 100   1,692 100   2,062 100   0 -----   18,109 100   105,614,392 100
     
1. Comparison group for gains includes 18-39 year-old members of the civilian labor force, October 2016-September 2017 average.
2. Warrant officer gains reflect an addition to the warrant officer ranks between 1 October 2016 and 30 September 2017.  This addition can reflect a new accession, a movement from another component, or the return of the warrant officer to the same component.  The OSD definition of an warrant officer gain is a transaction in a database that reflects the addition of an SSN that was not in the previous file.
3. Comparison group for active component warrant officers includes 18-49 year-old members of the civilian labor force, September 2017.
4. Warrant officer corps reflects warrant officer ranks serving as of 30 September 2017.
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).