Table B-34.  Active Component Warrant Officer Gains and Corps, FY18: 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 1,101 89.29 177 92.19 288 95.05 0 ----- 1,566 90.63 38,849,310 53.23
Females 132 10.71 15 7.81 15 4.95 0 ----- 162 9.38 34,136,187 46.77
TOTAL 1,233 100   192 100   303 100   0 -----   1,728 100   72,985,497 100
  SERVICE         CIVILIAN 18-49 YRS-OLD
ARMY   NAVY   MARINE CORPS   AIR FORCE   TOTAL DoD   LABOR FORCE3
GENDER #      %        #      %        #      %        #      %        #      %        #        %      
Corps 4
Males 12,896 90.38 1,605 92.51 2,022 94.05 0 ----- 16,523 91.02 56,321,081 52.97
Females 1,373 9.62 130 7.49 128 5.95 0 ----- 1,631 8.98 50,005,307 47.03
TOTAL 14,269 100   1,735 100   2,150 100   0 -----   18,154 100   106,326,388 100
     
1. Comparison group for gains includes 18-39 year-old members of the civilian labor force, October 2017-September 2018 average.
2. Warrant officer gains reflect an addition to the warrant 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 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 2018.
4. Warrant officer corps reflects warrant officer ranks 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).