United States Government Payrolls

Government payrolls in the US increased by 11 thousand in December 2018, following an upwardly revised 3 thousand rise in November. Government Payrolls in the United States averaged 19.87 Thousand from 1950 until 2018, 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 1.00 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 10.00 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the United States Government Payrolls is projected to trend around 11.00 Thousand in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	TEForecast
2018-10-05	12:30 PM	Government Payrolls	13K	16K	5K
2018-11-02	12:30 PM	Government Payrolls	4K	-3K	2K
2018-12-07	01:30 PM	Government Payrolls	-6K	-14K	9K
2019-01-04	01:30 PM	Government Payrolls	11K	3K	12K
2019-02-01	01:30 PM	Government Payrolls		11K
2019-03-08	01:30 PM	Government Payrolls
2019-04-05	12:30 PM	Government Payrolls			1K

United States Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	3.90	3.70	10.80	2.50	percent	[+]
Non Farm Payrolls	312.00	176.00	1115.00	-1967.00	Thousand	[+]
Nonfarm Payrolls Private	301.00	173.00	1089.00	-821.00	Thousand	[+]
Government Payrolls	11.00	3.00	427.00	-260.00	Thousand	[+]
Manufacturing Payrolls	32.00	27.00	572.00	-519.00	Thousand	[+]
Initial Jobless Claims	213.00	216.00	695.00	162.00	Thousand	[+]
Continuing Jobless Claims	1737.00	1719.00	6635.00	988.00	Thousand	[+]
ADP Employment Change	271.00	157.00	384.00	-836.00	Thousand	[+]
Employed Persons	156945.00	156803.00	156945.00	57635.00	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	6294.00	6018.00	15352.00	1596.00	Thousand	[+]
Average Hourly Earnings	0.40	0.20	0.60	-0.20	percent	[+]
Average Weekly Hours	34.50	34.40	34.60	33.70	Hours	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	63.10	62.90	67.30	58.10	percent	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	0.77	0.84	2.80	0.74	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	8.70	8.10	19.50	7.80	percent	[+]
Labour Costs	109.05	108.81	109.60	17.00	Index Points	[+]
Productivity	105.69	105.10	105.69	26.03	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	6540.00	7320.00	7320.00	2132.00	Thousand	[+]
Job Offers	6888.00	7131.00	7293.00	2196.00	Thousand	[+]
Challenger Job Cuts	43884.00	53073.00	248475.00	15100.00	Persons	[+]
Wages	23.05	22.96	23.05	2.50	USD/Hour	[+]
Wage Growth	4.60	4.79	13.78	-5.88	percent	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	21.91	21.80	21.91	1.27	USD/Hour	[+]
Minimum Wages	7.25	7.25	7.25	0.25	USD/Hour	[+]
Employment Cost Index	0.80	0.60	1.60	0.20	percent	[+]
Population	325.72	323.41	325.72	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	129913.00	129755.00	129913.00	64640.00	Thousand	[+]
Part Time Employment	26994.00	27039.00	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 High Skilled	4520.00	4330.00	4950.00	4330.00	USD/Month	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	1960.00	1760.00	2340.00	1760.00	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 January of 2019.