Table B-23.  Active Component Commissioned Officer Gains and Corps, FY18: by Service and Gender with Civilian Comparison Groups

  SERVICE         CIVILIAN, 21-39 YRS
ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD COLLEGE GRADUATES1
GENDER #      %      #      %      #      %      #      %      #      %      #        %      
Officer Gains2
Males 5,151 77.32 3,082 75.56 1,397 89.32 3,725 74.62 13,355 77.21 13,059,987 44.98
Females 1,511 22.68 997 24.44 167 10.68 1,267 25.38 3,942 22.79 15,974,203 55.02
TOTAL 6,662 100   4,079 100   1,564 100   4,992 100   17,297 100   29,034,190 100
  SERVICE         CIVILIAN, 21-49 YRS
ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD COLLEGE GRADUATES3
GENDER #      %      #      %      #      %      #      %      #      %      #        %      
Officer Corps4
Males 63,245 81.04 42,755 80.67 17,654 92.03 49,344 78.77 172,998 81.27 24,999,427 48.28
Females 14,801 18.96 10,247 19.33 1,528 7.97 13,296 21.23 39,872 18.73 26,782,736 51.72
TOTAL 78,046 100   53,002 100   19,182 100   62,640 100   212,870 100   51,782,163 100
     
1. Civilian comparison group includes 21-39 year-old college graduates in the noninstitutional civilian population, October 2017-September 2018 average.
2. Officer gains reflect an addition to the officer ranks between 1 October 2017 and 30 September 2018.  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.
3. Civilian comparison group includes college graduates in the civilian labor force (21-59 year-old), September 2018.
4. Officer corps reflects commissioned officers serving as of 30 September 2018.
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).