United States Government Payrolls

Nonfarm payrolls in the US public sector increased by 33 thousand in June 2019, following a revised 11 thousand drop in May. Government Payrolls in the United States averaged 19.24 Thousand from 1939 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 427 Thousand in May of 2010 and a record low of -260 Thousand in June of 2000.

Government Payrolls in the United States is expected to be 13.00 Thousand by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Government Payrolls in the United States to stand at 20.00 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the United States Government Payrolls is projected to trend around 9.00 Thousand in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	TEForecast
2019-04-05	12:30 PM	Government Payrolls Mar	14K	5K	5K
2019-05-03	12:30 PM	Government Payrolls Apr	27K	10K	10K
2019-06-07	12:30 PM	Government Payrolls May	-15K	19K	10K
2019-07-05	12:30 PM	Government Payrolls Jun	33K	-11K	4K
2019-08-02	12:30 PM	Government Payrolls Jul		33K	2K
2019-09-06	12:30 PM	Government Payrolls Aug			5K
2019-10-04	12:30 PM	Government Payrolls Sep			13K

United States Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	3.70	3.60	10.80	2.50	percent	[+]
Non Farm Payrolls	224.00	72.00	1118.00	-1959.00	Thousand	[+]
Nonfarm Payrolls Private	191.00	83.00	1092.00	-1766.00	Thousand	[+]
Government Payrolls	33.00	-11.00	427.00	-260.00	Thousand	[+]
Manufacturing Payrolls	17.00	3.00	655.00	-1715.00	Thousand	[+]
Initial Jobless Claims	216.00	208.00	695.00	162.00	Thousand	[+]
Continuing Jobless Claims	1686.00	1728.00	6635.00	988.00	Thousand	[+]
ADP Employment Change	102.00	41.00	360.00	-706.00	Thousand	[+]
Employed Persons	157005.00	156758.00	157005.00	57635.00	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	5975.00	5888.00	15352.00	1596.00	Thousand	[+]
Average Hourly Earnings	0.20	0.30	0.60	-0.20	percent	[+]
Average Weekly Hours	34.40	34.40	34.60	33.70	Hours	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	62.90	62.80	67.30	58.10	percent	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	0.87	0.80	4.40	0.08	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	8.10	8.50	19.50	7.80	percent	[+]
Labour Costs	108.71	109.16	109.61	17.00	Index Points	[+]
Productivity	106.96	106.06	106.96	26.02	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	7230.00	7739.00	7884.00	2157.00	Thousand	[+]
Job Offers	7323.00	7372.00	7626.00	2264.00	Thousand	[+]
Challenger Job Cuts	41977.00	58577.00	248475.00	15100.00	Persons	[+]
Wages	23.43	23.39	23.43	2.50	USD/Hour	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	22.03	22.04	22.04	1.27	USD/Hour	[+]
Wage Growth	3.59	3.56	13.78	-5.88	percent	[+]
Minimum Wages	7.25	7.25	7.25	0.25	USD/Hour	[+]
Employment Cost Index	0.70	0.70	1.60	0.20	percent	[+]
Population	327.17	325.15	327.17	76.09	Million	[+]
Retirement Age Women	66.00	66.00	66.00	66.00		[+]
Retirement Age Men	66.00	66.00	66.00	66.00		[+]
Employment Rate	60.60	60.60	64.70	55.00	percent	[+]
Full Time Employment	130148.00	129695.00	130159.00	64640.00	Thousand	[+]
Part Time Employment	26807.00	26981.00	28134.00	10086.00	Thousand	[+]
Living Wage Family	2380.00	2270.00	2380.00	2160.00	USD/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	1660.00	1560.00	1660.00	1450.00	USD/Month	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	1960.00	1760.00	2340.00	1760.00	USD/Month	[+]
Wages High Skilled	4520.00	4330.00	4950.00	4330.00	USD/Month	[+]

Government Payrolls reports the absolute change in the number of employees working in the Government sector in the United States. It includes Federal, State and Local governments. This page provides the latest reported value for - United States Government Payrolls - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. United States Government Payrolls - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on July of 2019.