Government Employment and Payrolls
Updated August 5, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
| Employees (in thousands) | October payrolls (in millions) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year and function | Total | Federal1 | State | Local | Total | Federal1 | State | Local |
| 1940 | 4,474 | 1,128 | 3,346 | $ 566 | 177 | $389 | ||
| 1945 | 6,556 | 3,375 | 3,181 | 1,110 | 642 | 468 | ||
| 1950 | 6,402 | 2,117 | 1,057 | 3,228 | 1,528 | 613 | 218 | 696 |
| 1955 | 7,432 | 2,378 | 1,199 | 3,855 | 2,265 | 846 | 326 | 1,093 |
| 1960 | 8,808 | 2,421 | 1,527 | 4,860 | 3,333 | 1,118 | 524 | 1,691 |
| 1965 | 10,589 | 2,588 | 2,028 | 5,973 | 4,884 | 1,484 | 849 | 2,551 |
| 1970 | 13,028 | 2,881 | 2,755 | 7,392 | 8,334 | 2,428 | 1,612 | 4,294 |
| 1975 | 14,973 | 2,890 | 3,271 | 8,813 | 13,224 | 3,584 | 2,653 | 6,987 |
| 1980 | 16,213 | 2,898 | 3,753 | 9,562 | 19,935 | 5,205 | 4,285 | 10,445 |
| 1982 | 15,841 | 2,848 | 3,744 | 9,249 | 23,173 | 5,959 | 5,022 | 12,192 |
| 1983 | 16,034 | 2,875 | 3,816 | 9,344 | 24,525 | 6,302 | 5,346 | 12,878 |
| 1984 | 16,436 | 2,942 | 3,898 | 9,595 | 26,904 | 7,137 | 5,815 | 13,952 |
| 1985 | 16,690 | 3,021 | 3,984 | 9,685 | 28,945 | 7,580 | 6,329 | 15,036 |
| 1986 | 16,933 | 3,019 | 4,068 | 9,846 | 30,670 | 7,561 | 6,810 | 16,298 |
| 1987 | 17,212 | 3,091 | 4,116 | 10,005 | 32,669 | 7,924 | 7,263 | 17,482 |
| 1988 | 17,588 | 3,112 | 4,236 | 10,240 | 34,203 | 7,976 | 7,842 | 18,385 |
| 1990 | 18,369 | 3,105 | 4,503 | 10,760 | 39,228 | 8,999 | 9,083 | 21,146 |
| 1995, total | 16,985 | 2,895 | 3,971 | 10,119 | 44,989 | 9,202 | 9,000 | 26,787 |
| National defense and international relations | 831 | 831 | (2) | (2) | 2,607 | 2,607 | (2) | (2) |
| Postal service | 849 | 849 | (2) | (2) | 2,397 | 2,397 | (2) | (2) |
| Education | 7,101 | 12 | 1,469 | 5,620 | 18,831 | 42 | 4,172 | 14,617 |
| Instructional employees | 4,332 | n.a. | 474 | 3,858 | 13,366 | n.a. | 1,927 | 11,439 |
| Highways | 547 | 4 | 253 | 290 | 1,373 | 16 | 667 | 690 |
| Health and hospitals | 1,730 | 314 | 656 | 760 | 4,624 | 990 | 1,689 | 1,945 |
| Police protection | 865 | 86 | 90 | 689 | 2,829 | 352 | 287 | 2,190 |
| Fire protection | 274 | (2) | (2) | 274 | 950 | (2) | (2) | 950 |
| Sewerage and solid waste management | 233 | (2) | 3 | 230 | 609 | (2) | 10 | 599 |
| Parks and recreation | 272 | 26 | 39 | 207 | 574 | 72 | 81 | 421 |
| Natural resources | 398 | 210 | 152 | 36 | 1,171 | 696 | 395 | 80 |
| Financial administration | 485 | 131 | 164 | 190 | 1,325 | 409 | 444 | 472 |
| All other | 3,400 | 432 | 1,145 | 1,823 | 7,699 | 1,621 | 1,255 | 4,823 |
1. Civilians only.
2. Not applicable.
NOTE: n.a. = not available.
Detail may not add to totals because of rounding.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census. Web: www.census.gov .
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