8109.0 - Research and Experimental Development, Government and Private Non-Profit Organisations, Australia, 2014-15 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 06/07/2016   
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GOVERNMENT HUMAN RESOURCES DEVOTED TO R&D

In 2014-15, human resources devoted to R&D by Australian government organisations totalled 14,715 person years of effort (PYE). Commonwealth government comprised 8,443 PYE (57%) of total PYE and State and territory government comprised 6,273 PYE (43%).

GOVERNMENT HUMAN RESOURCES DEVOTED TO R&D, by type of resource
COMMONWEALTH
STATE/TERRITORY
TOTAL(a)
2012-13
2014-15
2012-13
2014-15
2012-13
2014-15
PYE
PYE
PYE
PYE
PYE
PYE
Researchers
5 215
4 594
3 096
3 044
8 311
7 637
Technicians
3 229
2 416
2 460
2 254
5 689
4 671
Other staff
1 376
1 433
1 004
975
2 380
2 407
Total human resources devoted to R&D(a)
9 820
8 443
6 561
6 273
16 381
14 715
(a) Where figures have been rounded, discrepancies may occur between the sum of the component items and totals.

In 2014-15, government human resources devoted to R&D decreased 1,665 PYE (10%) from 16,381 PYE in 2012-13. The decrease was due to decreases in PYE for both Technicians, down 1,018 PYE (18%) and Researchers, down 674 PYE (8%).

Researchers remained the largest type of resource in 2014-15, accounting for 52% of total government human resources devoted to R&D.

Image: Government Human Resources Devoted to R&D, by type of resource, 2012-13 and 2014-15.