This study explores the characteristics of personnel in manpower training projects employed under contract with the U.S. Department of Labor. From the data collected, it was estimated that at the end of May 1970 about 47,000 manpower project staff members were being paid directly from contract funds, with a resultant annual cost for salaries and fringe benefits of just over 248 million dollars. Among the characteristics surveyed and discussed in this report are: (1) duties, (2) salaries, (3) employment conditions and work hours, (4) main labor force activity, (5) concurrent employment in other manpower training, (6) prior affiliation with other manpower projects as either a staff member or trainee, (7) use of paraprofessionals and nonprofessionals, (8) college background and formal training, (9) state or local certification, (10) duration of experience, and (11) age, race, and sex of staff members. A final section of the report is devoted to staffing problems cited by project directors, including such problems as staff recruitment and funding uncertainties. (SB)