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Government Jobs Since January 2025
Change in U.S. government payroll jobs since January 2025, thousands
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How federal, state and local government employment has moved since January 2025. The three levels of government often move in different directions.
What this chart reads
- Federal Government Payrollsas “Federal”latest 2026-09-01
- State Government Payrollsas “State”latest 2026-09-01
- Local Government Payrollsas “Local”latest 2026-09-01
Sources
Federal Government Payrolls. Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics, series CES9091000001 ("All Employees"), published with the monthly Employment Situation report. Palanor pulls it from the FRED API (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis) nightly. BLS data are in the public domain.
State Government Payrolls. Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics, series CES9092000001 ("All Employees"), published with the monthly Employment Situation report. Palanor pulls it from the FRED API (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis) nightly. BLS data are in the public domain.
Local Government Payrolls. Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics, series CES9093000001 ("All Employees"), published with the monthly Employment Situation report. Palanor pulls it from the FRED API (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis) nightly. BLS data are in the public domain.
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