Table B-23.  Active Component Commissioned Officer Gains and Corps, FY17: 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 5,280 78.20 2,989 74.84 1,538 90.52 3,308 73.22 13,115 77.32 12,541,639 44.79
Females 1,472 21.80 1,005 25.16 161 9.48 1,210 26.78 3,848 22.68 15,457,305 55.21
TOTAL 6,752 100   3,994 100   1,699 100   4,518 100   16,963 100   27,998,944 100
  SERVICE         CIVILIAN, 21-49 YRS
ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD COLLEGE GRADUATES3
GENDER #      %      #      %      #      %      #      %      #      %      #        %      
Officer Corps4
Males 63,223 81.31 42,833 81.16 17,580 92.29 48,676 79.02 172,312 81.60 24,797,637 48.96
Females 14,532 18.69 9,943 18.84 1,469 7.71 12,921 20.98 38,865 18.40 25,853,231 51.04
TOTAL 77,755 100   52,776 100   19,049 100   61,597 100   211,177 100   50,650,867 100
     
1. Civilian comparison group includes 21-39 year-old college graduates in the noninstitutional civilian population, October 2016-September 2017 average.
2. Officer gains reflect an addition to the 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 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 2017.
4. Officer corps reflects commissioned officers 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).