Table B-23.  Active Component Commissioned Officer Gains and Corps, FY19: 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 Gains 2
Males 4,803 75.60 3,216 75.76 1,358 87.05 3,385 71.19 12,762 75.46 13,509,043 44.80
Females 1,550 24.40 1,029 24.24 202 12.95 1,370 28.81 4,151 24.54 16,646,702 55.20
TOTAL 6,353 100   4,245 100   1,560 100   4,755 100   16,913 100   30,155,744 100
  SERVICE         CIVILIAN, 21-59 YRS
ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD COLLEGE GRADUATES3
GENDER #      %      #      %      #      %      #      %      #      %      #        %      
Officer Corps 4
Males 63,256 80.66 42,767 80.18 17,659 91.54 49,970 78.20 173,652 80.78 25,248,027 47.45
Females 15,167 19.34 10,572 19.82 1,633 8.46 13,932 21.80 41,304 19.22 27,966,706 52.55
TOTAL 78,423 100   53,339 100   19,292 100   63,902 100   214,956 100   53,214,733 100
     
1. Civilian comparison group includes 21-39 year-old college graduates in the noninstitutional civilian population, October 2018-September 2019 average.
2. Officer gains reflect an addition to the officer ranks between 1 October 2018 and 30 September 2019.  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 2019.
4. Officer corps reflects commissioned officers serving as of 30 September 2019.
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).