Graph and download economic data for All Employees, Federal (CES9091000001) from Jan 1939 to Feb 2025 about establishment survey, federal, government, employment, and USA.

In 2023, around 19.58 million people were working for state and local governments in the United States. This is much higher than the number of federal government (civilian) employees, which stood at about 2.87 million people in that year.

Graph and download economic data for All Employees, Government from Jan 1939 to Feb 2025 about establishment survey, government, employment, and USA.

In 2023, about 15 million people were full-time employees of state and local governments in the United States. In the same year, about four million people were part-time employees of state and local governments.

Graph and download economic data for Full-time equivalent employees: Federal general government: Civilian (B4379C0A173NBEA) from 1929 to 2023 about full-time, civilian, federal, government, employment, GDP, and USA.

Graph and download economic data for All Employees, Federal, Except U.S. Postal Service from Jan 1939 to Feb 2025 about establishment survey, federal, government, services, employment, and USA.

As of March 2022, there were about 7.7 million government employees working in elementary and secondary education in the United States. Additionally, approximately 519,556 people were employed in public welfare services in that year.

This statistic shows the number of people employed full-time by state and local governments in the United States in 2022, by job function. The elementary and secondary education sector was the area with the highest number of state and local government employees in 2022 with over six million full-time employees.

As of October 2024, there were 133.89 million full-time employees in the United States. This is a slight decrease from the previous month, when there were 134.15 million full-time employees. The impact COVID-19 on employment In December 2019, the COVID-19 virus began its spread across the globe. Since being classified as a pandemic, the virus caused a global health crisis that has taken the lives of millions of people worldwide. The COVID-19 pandemic changed many facets of society, most significantly, the economy. In the first years, many businesses across all industries were forced to shut down, with large numbers of employees being laid off. The economy continued its recovery in 2022 with the nationwide unemployment rate returning to a more normal 3.4 percent as of April 2023. Unemployment benefits Because so many people in the United States lost their jobs, record numbers of individuals applied for unemployment insurance for the first time. As an early response to this nation-wide upheaval, the government issued relief checks and extended the benefits paid by unemployment insurance. In May 2020, the amount of unemployment insurance benefits paid rose to 23.73 billion U.S. dollars. As of December 2022, this value had declined to 2.24 billion U.S. dollars.

All Employees: Government: Federal Government in Hawaii was 35.60000 Thous. of Persons in January of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, All Employees: Government: Federal Government in Hawaii reached a record high of 36.60000 in May of 2010 and a record low of 29.70000 in December of 2001. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for All Employees: Government: Federal Government in Hawaii - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on March of 2025.

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Graph and download economic data for All Employees: Government: Federal Government in Northern Virginia, VA (SMU51947839091000001SA) from Jan 1990 to Dec 2024 about Northern Virginia, VA, federal, government, employment, and USA.

Graph and download economic data for All Employees, State Government (CES9092000001) from Jan 1955 to Feb 2025 about establishment survey, government, employment, and USA.

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Graph and download economic data for All Employees, Local Government (CES9093000001) from Jan 1955 to Feb 2025 about establishment survey, government, employment, and USA.