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

Graph and download economic data for Full-time equivalent employees: Federal government (A4377C0A173NBEA) from 1929 to 2023 about full-time, federal, government, employment, GDP, and USA.

In 2023, about ** 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.

As of March 2023, there were about 7.8 million government employees working in elementary and secondary education in the United States. Additionally, approximately 527,064 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 2023, by job function. The elementary and secondary education sector was the area with the highest number of state and local government employees in 2023 with over *********** 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.

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

As of March 2023, about **** million people were employed by state governments in higher education in the United States. A further ******* people were employed by state governments in hospitals in that year.

Washington, DC Area Federal Government Employees - Historical chart and current data through 2025.

Graph and download economic data for All Employees: Government: Federal Government in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV (MSA) (SMU11479009091000001SA) from Jan 1990 to Aug 2025 about DC, Washington, WV, MD, VA, federal, government, employment, and USA.

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

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.

All Employees: Government: Federal Government in Hawaii was 34.20000 Thous. of Persons in July 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 September of 2025.

Graph and download economic data for All Employees: Government in California (CAGOVT) from Jan 1990 to Aug 2025 about CA, government, employment, and USA.

Graph and download economic data for All Employees: Government: Federal Government in District of Columbia (SMS11000009091000001) from Jan 1990 to Aug 2025 about DC, federal, government, employment, and USA.

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Graph and download economic data for All Employees: Government: Federal Government in New York City, NY (SMU36935619091000001) from Jan 1990 to Aug 2025 about New York, NY, federal, government, employment, and USA.