Table B-28.  Active Component Commissioned Officer Corps, FY17: by Occupational Area, Service, and Gender
Number
  OCCUPATIONAL AREA  
Engineering Scientists Supply,
General Tactical and and Health Admin- Procurement, Non-
GENDER Officers1 Operations Intelligence Maintenance Professionals Care istration and Allied Occupational2 TOTAL
ARMY                    
   Males 300 22,716 4,631 9,340 5,355 9,614 3,767 6,303 1,195 63,221
   Females 18 1,180 1,045 1,866 863 5,928 1,861 1,626 145 14,532
   Total 318 23,896 5,676 11,206 6,218 15,542 5,628 7,929 1,340 77,753
   Percent Females 5.66 4.94 18.41 16.65 13.88 38.14 33.07 20.51 10.82 18.69
NAVY                    
   Males 191 18,213 2,589 4,556 1,758 6,363 1,684 1,916 5,563 42,833
   Females 19 2,137 566 378 513 4,203 523 390 1,214 9,943
   Total 210 20,350 3,155 4,934 2,271 10,566 2,207 2,306 6,777 52,776
   Percent Females 9.05 10.50 17.94 7.66 22.59 39.78 23.70 16.91 17.91 18.84
MARINE CORPS                    
   Males 85 8,175 1,025 1,458 530 0 904 2,226 2,608 17,011
   Females 1 279 94 141 83 0 264 362 230 1,454
   Total 86 8,454 1,119 1,599 613 0 1,168 2,588 2,838 18,465
   Percent Females 1.16 3.30 8.40 8.82 13.54 ----- 22.60 13.99 8.10 7.87
AIR FORCE                    
   Males 275 21,072 5,262 3,980 3,446 5,974 2,117 3,500 2,839 48,465
   Females 23 2,179 1,565 639 910 4,899 1,178 1,004 512 12,909
   Total 298 23,251 6,827 4,619 4,356 10,873 3,295 4,504 3,351 61,374
   Percent Females 7.72 9.37 22.92 13.83 20.89 45.06 35.75 22.29 15.28 21.03
TOTAL DoD                    
   Males 851 70,176 13,507 19,334 11,089 21,951 8,472 13,945 12,205 171,530
   Females 61 5,775 3,270 3,024 2,369 15,030 3,826 3,382 2,101 38,838
   Total 912 75,951 16,777 22,358 13,458 36,981 12,298 17,327 14,306 210,368
   Percent Females 6.69 7.60 19.49 13.53 17.60 40.64 31.11 19.52 14.69 18.46
Percent
  OCCUPATIONAL AREA  
Engineering Scientists Supply,
General Tactical and and Health Admin- Procurement, Non-
GENDER Officers1 Operations Intelligence Maintenance Professionals Care istration and Allied Occupational2 TOTAL
ARMY                    
   Males 0.47 35.93 7.33 14.77 8.47 15.21 5.96 9.97 1.89 100
   Females 0.12 8.12 7.19 12.84 5.94 40.79 12.81 11.19 1.00 100
   Total 0.41 30.73 7.30 14.41 8.00 19.99 7.24 10.20 1.72 100
NAVY                    
   Males 0.45 42.52 6.04 10.64 4.10 14.86 3.93 4.47 12.99 100
   Females 0.19 21.49 5.69 3.80 5.16 42.27 5.26 3.92 12.21 100
   Total 0.40 38.56 5.98 9.35 4.30 20.02 4.18 4.37 12.84 100
MARINE CORPS                    
   Males 0.50 48.06 6.03 8.57 3.12 0 5.31 13.09 15.33 100
   Females 0.07 19.19 6.46 9.70 5.71 0 18.16 24.90 15.82 100
   Total 0.47 45.78 6.06 8.66 3.32 0 6.33 14.02 15.37 100
AIR FORCE                    
   Males 0.57 43.48 10.86 8.21 7.11 12.33 4.37 7.22 5.86 100
   Females 0.18 16.88 12.12 4.95 7.05 37.95 9.13 7.78 3.97 100
   Total 0.49 37.88 11.12 7.53 7.10 17.72 5.37 7.34 5.46 100
TOTAL DoD                    
   Males 0.50 40.91 7.87 11.27 6.46 12.80 4.94 8.13 7.12 100
   Females 0.16 14.87 8.42 7.79 6.10 38.70 9.85 8.71 5.41 100
   Total 0.43 36.10 7.98 10.63 6.40 17.58 5.85 8.24 6.80 100
   
1. Tables do not include 809 individuals below the rank of O-7 but classified as general officers by DMDC (2 male and 0 female Army, 569 male and 15 female Marine Corps, and 211 male and 12 female Air Force).  The "General Officer" category is officially called "General Officers and Executives, N.E.C."  It includes  "...all directors, planners and executives not elsewhere classified, and all Marine Corps full Colonels."
2. "Non-occupational" may include students, patients, those with unassigned duties, and unknowns.
Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source: Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).  Officer corps reflects commissioned officers serving as of 30 September 2017.