Central Personnel Data Files (CPDF)

This series contains personnel information on most employees of Federal Civilian agencies in the Executive Branch. The CPDF also includes similar information on employees of some agencies outside of the Executive branch, such as the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, the General Accounting Office, Government Printing Office, and the U.S. Tax Court. CPDF coverage has changed over time.

Each CPDF record is for an eligible Federal employee and contains agency code and sub element, birth date, duty station, Metropolitan Statistical Area code, occupation code, occupation classification code, pay basis and grade, pay plan, race, salary, service computation date, sex, supervisory status, tenure, type of appointment, work schedule, academic discipline, attenuate status, "as of" date, bargaining unit, creditable military service, current appointment authority, education level, life insurance and retirement plan indicators, handicap, health plan, pay rate and status, personnel office identifier, Social Security Number, citizenship code, and payable salary.

This data comprises government records extracted from the Archival Research Catalog (ARC). See the ARC catalog entry for this series for more information on this data and how to order it.