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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.

Key workers are largely employed in the private sector, with only 14.6 percent holding public sector employment on average. However, the rate of public sector employment differs greatly depending on the country income group. Fewer people are employed in the public sector in low and lower-middle income countries, given smaller tax revenues as a proportion of the national income and the significance of agricultural employment.

In Norway, over 30 percent of the population was employed in the government sector as of 2019. In general, Nordic countries employed the largest share of the working force in their governments. On the other hand, the employment in Japanese government constituted 5.89 percent of the total working population in 2019.

Abstract

The Census of Public and Corporation Sector Employment conducted by the Department of Census and Statistics in 1990 is the third in the series. Three censuses only on the Public Sector Employment had been conducted earlier in 1968, 1972 and 1976 by the Ministry of Public Administration.

The first census conducted by the Department of Census and Statistics on Public and Corporation Sector Employment was in 1980 and the second in 1985. The information collected at these three censuses were obtained through postal medium by an individual questionnaire filled personally by the employees.

A provincial public service was created by the government in 1990 by a section of the public sector employees being absorbed in to the Provincial Public Service. These employees are employed under the provincial councils. A special feature of the Census of Public & Corporation Sector Employment conducted in 1990 was that, apart from the public sector and the corporation sector, information on the provincial public sector employment have also been collected in this census.

Listing of all the institutions under these three sectors, was done in 1989 with a view of a complete coverage. This operation was somewhat delayed due to the organizational changes in the administrative set up, which was mainly due to the transfers of employees to Provincial Councils from the State Sector (Central Government) institutions in January 1990. At this point of time officials of some of the provincial councils were not aware of the institutions coming under each provincial council as well as the numbers of the employees working under them. This had an adverse effect in obtaining the estimated numbers of employees under each provincial council. These numbers were obtained from the Ministry of Provincial Councils based on the reports of Salaries and Cadres Committee. A list of all the institutions coming under each Ministry of Central Government was prepared along with the estimated number of employees in them. Institutions include Ministry offices, Departments, Corporations, Authorities, boards and Public Private Companies. A list of provincial councils along with the respective Ministries and Offices under each of them was also prepared.

Geographic coverage

National coverage including institutions in the Nothern and Eastern Provinces.

Total number of employees covered in the census in all three sectors was 700,592 persons.

The sectors being (i) State Sector (ii) Provincial Public Sector and (iii) Semi-Government Sector.

(i) The State Sector includes all the Ministries, Departments and the institutions not coming under any Ministry of the Central Government. (ii) The Provincial Public Sector includes all the Ministries and institutions under the provincial councils. (iii)The Semi-Government Sector includes all the Corporations, Boards, Authorities, State Banks, Public Private Companies and Local Authorities. (Note:-Public-Private company is a company in which some percentage of shares is owned by the State.)

The employees in the following categories are included in the census. (i) Permanent. (ii) Casual (iii) Temporary. (iv) Pensioner, re-employed.

The employees in the following categories are not included in the Census. (i) The personnel attached to armed forces(Army, Navy and Air force) except for civilian staff. (ii) The field labourers in the state owned estates.

It was not possible to obtain the estimated number of employees from some of the local authorities under the provincial councils. One of the difficulties faced in the census was getting the estimates for the number of employees as at 2nd May 1990, in both State Sector and Provincial Public Sector institutions, because of the premature stage of the functioning of the Provincial Public Sector in general.

The other major problem faced was that receiving the filled questionnaires from the institutions in the Northern and the Eastern Provinces. Nearly 53.000 questionnaires were dispatched to the North-Eastern Provincial Council for the distribution among the employees. However only about 18.500 filled questionnaires were returned from the North-Eastern Provincial Council back to the Department of Census and Statistics. Further a relatively low response was reported even in some of the Central Government, institutions located in the Northern and the Eastern provinces. i.e.

1. State Banks
2. Postal Department
3. Railway Department etc.

The social background of the employees as reflected in the census could have been affected to some extent. owing to this under enumeration.

Coverage rates:

Ministry Offices No of institutions = 28 Estimated No of Employees = 8,474 Enumerated No of employees = 7,248 Coverage Rate = 88.5

Departments No of institutions = 149 Estimated No of Employees = 217,025 Enumerated No of employees = 191,177 Coverage Rate = 88.1

Corporations, Boards No of institutions = 167 Estimated No of Employees = 230,292 Enumerated No of employees = 212,561 Coverage Rate = 92.3

Public Private Companies No of institutions = 43 Estimated No of Employees = 35,642 Enumerated No of employees = 33,574 Coverage Rate = 94.2

Local Authorities No of institutions = -- Estimated No of Employees = -- Enumerated No of employees = 33,448 Coverage Rate = --

Provincial Councils No of institutions = 8 Estimated No of Employees = 281,713 Enumerated No of employees = 222,584 Coverage Rate = 79.0

Analysis unit

Employees in the the public sector and the corporation sector (information on the provincial public sector employment have also been collected in this census).

Universe

All employees in the Central Government Public Sector/ Corporations/Statutory Boards and 'Public-Private' companies in Sri Lanka.

Kind of data

Census/enumeration data [cen]

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument

The questionnaire was printed in all three languages Sinhala, Tamil and English. The format of the questionnaire used to fill the details of the employees in the Central Government is the same as the one used for Provincial Public Sector.

Abstract

The Census of Public and Corporation Sector Employment is the fifth in the series. Earlier, Census of Public Sector Employment was conducted only by the Ministry of Public Administration in the years 1968, 1972 and 1976 with the technical assistance and staff by the Department of Census and Statistics.

In 1980 this department undertook and carried out the Census in both sectors, namely Public and Corporation Sector for the first time. This Census is the second in this series covering both Public and Corporation Sectors. In 1980 Census, the coverage was about 78 percent due to the island-wide strike.

With the idea of obtaining complete coverage, a listing operation was carried out during March 1985. A list of all institutions coming under each Ministry was prepared with the estimated number of employees in each of these institutions ie. in each Ministry, Department, Corporation, Authority, Board, Institution and Government Owned Business Undertaking. The estimated number employed in each of them as permanent, temporary and casual employees were also listed.

When we look at the 1981 Census of Population figures classified by status of employment 519,967 persons reported that they are Government employees and another 834,217 persons reported that they are semi-government employees giving a total of 1,354,184 persons in both these sectors, as compared to 728,976 persons covered at this census. This difference is mainly because at the 1985 census wage earners in the Estate Sector are not counted. The workers in Tea, Rubber and Coconut plantation may have reported at the 1981 Census of Population as government or semi-government employees. This may be one of the reason for the difference between the two sets of figures.

At first all the secretaries of the Ministries were requested to appoint an officer in the Ministry to liaise this census work with the Department of Census and Statistics and the Institutions coming under his Ministry. Also these officers provided this department with the list of institutions coming under the Ministry with the estimated number of employees in each of them.

A list of all Institutions to be covered at this Census of Public and Corporation Sector Employment - 1985 by Ministries was prepared. It is observed that under the, 46 Ministries, there are 130 departments 46 corporations and 143 boards, institutions and other government owned business undertakings. Excluded in this census are all institutions that have covered by the Companies Ordinance.

At the beginning of the year 1985. when the planning for the census was in progress, all these institutions provided the total number of employees at work in each of them. This gave an estimate of 447637 employees in the 46 Ministries and the 130 Departments coming under them . In the corporation sector estimated figure of 332,415 employees were distributed among the corporation and other state owned bodies. The total number of employees to be covered was estimated at 780,052. Finally in the actual count, the enumerated number was 406,359 or 90.8% of the number of government employees reported earlier and also enumerated 322,617 or 97.1 percent of the number of employees reported in the corporation sector. The overall number enumerated was 728,976 or 93. 5 percent of the estimated number. Also much reliance should not be placed on the total number of employees estimated earlier and reported by the individual institutions, which in many instants gave the budget estimates figures of employment. In many departments and corporations which employ casual hands seasonally the estimates provided provided were always on the higher side.

Also the larger departments which have branches all over the country and field officers distributed in remote areas had difficulties in reporting the number correctly and in many cases gave an approximate estimate. That may be one of the reasons for an undercount of 9.5 percent in the public sector and about 3 percent in the corporation sector. This is clearly seen from the 90 percent coverage in the Ministry of Education which employs more than a third of public sector employment and also Department of Railways which have reported only 80 percent of the employees. Further some, institutions would have given the estimates as provided in the cadre for 1985 in which most of them would not have been filled by the census date. If not for some of the institutions providing a higher estimate of employees, the enumerated figures should be more or less closer to the actual number of employees in service as on the date of the Census.

Geographic coverage

National coverage.

Coverage rates:

Ministry Offices Number46 Estimated 12,025 Enumerated 11,807 Percentage98.2

Departments Number 130 Estimated 435,612 Enumerated 394,552 Percentage90.6

Corporations Number46 Estimated 79,270 Enumerated 76,806 Percentage96.9

Authorities Number13 Estimated 74,507 Enumerated 71,562 Percentage96.0,

Boards Number77 Estimated 153,128 Enumerated 149,326 Percentage97.5

Institutions Number23 Estimated 4,502 Enumerated 4,493 Percentage99.8

Govt. Owned Business UndertakingsTotal Number30 Estimated 21,008 Enumerated 20,430 Percentage97.2

Total Number365 Estimated 780,052 Enumerated 728,976 Percentage93.5

Analysis unit

Employees in the the public sector and the corporation sector.

Universe

All employees in the Central Government Ministries, Departments, Corporations, Authorities, Boards, Institutions and Government Owned Business Undertakings.

Kind of data

Census/enumeration data [cen]

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument

The questionnaire was printed in all three languages Sinhala, Tamil and English.

The questionnaire is a modification of the one used in 1980 census. It is an individual questionnaire and has to be perfected by all employees in the State Sector.

1. Identification Particulars It has 15 items to be filled in by the individual employees and has to be certified by his supervisor. As the employee is identified by his place of work the respondent is asked to write the name of Department/Corporation and Ministry. First 4 items are in respect of the identifying information.

II. The next part of the form checks with, the name, sex, marital status, race, religion and age. Except for the name and age which hereto be written, other information, the. respondent is asked to circle the appropriate code number printed along with the description of the item.

Item7- This is about the designation of the employee. Here the designation with class and grade has to be written in detail. The information given in this column is used to identify one's occupation and the individuals are instructed to give their designation in full without using any abbreviation.

Item8 - This checks with one's status of employment. There are six possibilities of which one has to be circled. From this information about permanent, temporary, re-employment and other category of employment is identified.

Item 9 - This checks with the date of first joining the State Sector.

Item 10 - Educational qualifications - Here the respondent is instructed to write his highest educational qualifications attained, inclusive academic and Post graduate diplomas and degrees.

Item 11 - Professional qualifications - Other than the educational qualifications, employees are classified by their professional qualifications, which in many cases related to their occupation. Here the employees are requested to furnish their professional qualifications in detail without using abbreviations.

Item 12 - Salary - The employees are instructed to give the gross salary drawn for the month of June 1985, inclusive of all allowances without making any deductions.

Item 13 - Distance to place of work, from where you travel to work - This refers in kilo-meters the distance from the residence whether permanent, or temporary from where the employees travel to office.

Item 14 - Mode of travel to office - Here the employee is requested to circle the appropriate code relating to his mode of travel to work.

Item 15- Total number of days leave taken during 1984. Here the casual and vacation, has to be record separately.

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Abstract

The Census of Public and Semi-Government Sector employment conducted by the Department of Census and Statistics in 1994 is the fourth in the series. Previous censuses in this series were conducted by the Department of Census and Statistics in 1980, 1985 and 1990 respectively. Three censuses administered before 1980 were limited only to Public Sector employment. Those censuses were conducted by the Ministry of Public Administration in 1968, 1972 and 1976. The information collected at the four censuses conducted since 1980 were obtained through the postal medium by an individual questionnaire filled personally by the employees.

A section of Public Sector employees who were previously under the Central Government was absorbed in to the provincial public service in 1990. Since then the information on public sector employees collected at the censuses were collected under the two sectors State and Provincial Public Sectors separately. Information on employees under corporations, statutory boards and public-private companies are collected under the Semi-Government Sector.

With a view in achieving a maximum coverage, a listing of all the institutions under these three sectors was done in 1993. A list of all institutions coming under each ministry of the Central Government was prepared along with the estimated number of employees in each of the institution. This list included; Ministry offices, Departments, Corporations, Authorities, Statutory Boards and Public-Private Companies. Similar lists were also prepared for each of the Provincial Council.

Finally the Census was conducted according to the lists so prepared which included 32 Ministries and 131 Departments under the State Sector and 197 Corporations, Statutory Boards and Public-Private Companies under the Semi-Government Sector. Provincial Public sector employees working under 41 Provincial Ministries under· 8 Provincial councils were enumerated under the Provincial Public Sector.

Geographic coverage

National coverage including institutions in the Nothern and Eastern Provinces.

Total number of employees covered in this census in all three sectors was 739,517 persons.

The sectors being (i) State Sector. (ii) Provincial Public Sector. and (iii) Semi-Government Sector.

(i) The State Sector includes the Ministries and Departments under the Central Government. (ii) The Provincial Public Sector includes the Ministries and institutions under the provincial councils. (iii)The Semi-Government Sector includes the Corporations, Statutory Boards, Authorities and State Banks under the Central Government and Public-Private Companies. (Note:-Public-Private company is a company in which some percentage of shares is owned by the State.)

The employees in the following categories are included in the census. (i) Permanent. (ii) Temporary/Casual. (iii) Employees who work on Contract Basis.

The employees in the following categories are not included in the Census. (i) The personnel attached to armed forces(Army, Navy and Air force). However the civilian staff was not excluded from the census. (ii) The field labourers in the state owned estates.

Much reliance should not be placed on the estimated number of employees as reported by the individual institution. Most of the institutions provided the figure given in budget estimates, instead of the actual number of employees, as the estimated numbers of employees in the institution. Also the estimates provided by the ,institutions which employ temporary/casual workers on a seasonal basis were always seen to be over estimated. Further the estimates provided on the number of employees attached to Provincial Councils could not be considered reliable as the estimates had been prepared mainly based on the cadre position rather than the actual numbers. It is likely that some conceptual problems also may arise in the interpretation of questions for which data is collected, especially because the data is collected through the postal medium. Further it has been reported in the census that there are some employees belonging to lower occupational groups under the State Sector drawing salaries which could be considered fairly high for such occupational categories. It is to be noted here that these are the salaries of the employees who are working in Sri Lanka Foreign Missions. It is important to notice here that the information in this report are provided according to the structure that was in existence at the time of conducting census in 1994.

Total Coverage Rates:

Estimated No of Employees = 812,472 Enumerated No of employees = 739,517 Coverage Rate = 91.0

State sector Response Rates:

Estimated No of Employees = 245,175 Enumerated No of employees = 221,229 Coverage Rate = 90.2

Prov. Pub Sector:

Estimated No of Employees = 326,375 Enumerated No of employees = 291,265 Coverage Rate = 89.2

Semi-Govt:

Estimated No of Employees = 240,922 Enumerated No of employees = 227,023 Coverage Rate = 94.2

Analysis unit

Employees in the Central Government Public Sector/ Corporations/Statutory Boards and 'Public-Private' companies, Provincial public sector and in Local Authorities.

Universe

All employees in the Central Government Public Sector/ Corporations/Statutory Boards and 'Public-Private' companies in Sri Lanka as well as all the persons employed under the Provincial Public sector and in L:ocal Authorities.

Kind of data

Census/enumeration data [cen]

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument

The questionnaire was printed in all three languages Sinhala, Tamil and English. The format of the questionnaire used to fill the details of the employees in the Central Government is the same as the one used for Provincial Public Sector and Local Authorities with one exception where a box has been provided to record the Ministry an employee is attached to in the former and the same box is used in the latter to record the Provincial Ministry.

Key Table Information.Table Title.Local Government Employment and Payroll Data: U.S. and States: 2017 - 2024.Table ID.GOVSTIMESERIES.GS00EP03.Survey/Program.Public Sector.Year.2024.Dataset.PUB Public Sector Annual Surveys and Census of Governments.Source.U.S. Census Bureau, Public Sector.Release Date.2025-03-27.Release Schedule.The Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll occurs every year, except in Census years. Data are typically released yearly in the first quarter. There is approximately one year between the reference period and data release. Revisions to published data occur annually for the next two years. Census of Governments years, those ending in '2' and '7' may have slightly later releases due to extended processing time..Dataset Universe.Census of Governments - Organization (CG):The universe of this file is all federal, state, and local government units in the United States. In addition to the federal government and the 50 state governments, the Census Bureau recognizes five basic types of local governments. The government types are: County, Municipal, Township, Special District, and School District. Of these five types, three are categorized as General Purpose governments: County, municipal, and township governments are readily recognized and generally present no serious problem of classification. However, legislative provisions for school district and special district governments are diverse. These two types are categorized as Special Purpose governments. Numerous single-function and multiple-function districts, authorities, commissions, boards, and other entities, which have varying degrees of autonomy, exist in the United States. The basic pattern of these entities varies widely from state to state. Moreover, various classes of local governments within a particular state also differ in their characteristics. Refer to the Individual State Descriptions report for an overview of all government entities authorized by state.The Public Use File provides a listing of all independent government units, and dependent school districts active as of fiscal year ending June 30, 2024. The Annual Surveys of Public Employment & Payroll (EP) and State and Local Government Finances (LF):The target population consists of all 50 state governments, the District of Columbia, and a sample of local governmental units (counties, cities, townships, special districts, school districts). In years ending in '2' and '7' the entire universe is canvassed. In intervening years, a sample of the target population is surveyed. Additional details on sampling are available in the survey methodology descriptions for those years.The Annual Survey of Public Pensions (PP):The target population consists of state- and locally-administered defined benefit funds and systems of all 50 state governments, the District of Columbia, and a sample of local governmental units (counties, cities, townships, special districts, school districts). In years ending in '2' and '7' the entire universe is canvassed. In intervening years, a sample of the target population is surveyed. Additional details on sampling are available in the survey methodology descriptions for those years.The Annual Surveys of State Government Finance (SG) and State Government Tax Collections (TC):The target population consists of all 50 state governments. No local governments are included. For the purpose of Census Bureau statistics, the term "state government" refers not only to the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of a given state, but it also includes agencies, institutions, commissions, and public authorities that operate separately or somewhat autonomously from the central state government but where the state government maintains administrative or fiscal control over their activities as defined by the Census Bureau. Additional details are available in the survey methodology description.The Annual Survey of School System Finances (SS):The Annual Survey of School System Finances targets all public school systems providing elementary and/or secondary education in all 50 states and the District of Columbia..Methodology.Data Items and Other Identifying Records.Full-time and part-time employmentFull-time and part-time payrollPart-time hours worked (prior to 2019)Full-time equivalent employmentTotal full-time and part-time employmentTotal full-time and part-time payrollDefinitions can be found by clicking on the column header in the table or by accessing the Glossary.For detailed information, see Government Finance and Employment Classification Manual..Unit(s) of Observation.The basic reporting unit is the governmental unit, defined as an organized entity which in addition to having governmental character, has sufficient discretion in the management of its own affairs to distinguish it as separate from the administrative structure of any other governmental unit.The reporting units for the Annual Survey of School System Finances are public school systems that...

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Sri Lanka Employment: Public Sector: Government data was reported at 1,149,867.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 1,146,995.000 Person for 2016. Sri Lanka Employment: Public Sector: Government data is updated yearly, averaging 853,493.000 Person from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2017, with 28 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,149,867.000 Person in 2017 and a record low of 649,000.000 Person in 1990. Sri Lanka Employment: Public Sector: Government data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Central Bank of Sri Lanka. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Sri Lanka – Table LK.G024: Employment in Public Sector and Board of Investment of Sri Lanka (BOI).

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