Government Payrolls is a monthly released economic reading from the US Bureau of Labor statistics which measures the absolute change in the number of employees working for the US Government and includes employees in Federal, State and Local governments. It is a seasonally adjusted economic reading, and its latest reading was 22.35 million in June of 2107, with an increase of 35000 over the previous month. For the 1st semester of 2017, this reading was the highest reading, representing an increase of 0.62% from one year ago.
The United States Government Payrolls
The long-term average for the United States Government Payrolls and the period of years 1950-2017 is 20250. The economic reading had an all-time high price of 427000 in the May of 2010 and an all-time low price of -260000 in the June of 2000. The total number of US Government employees is around 14% of the total labor force and 7% of the total US population. Its readings often show variations and not consistent trends due to seasonality factors. Historically the first reading was in January of 1939 with a value of 3.988 million.
