United States Government Payrolls 1950-2017 | Data | Chart | Calendar

Government Payrolls in the United States decreased by 9 thousand in August of 2017. Government Payrolls in the United States averaged 20.13 Thousand from 1950 until 2017, reaching an all time high of 427 Thousand in May of 2010 and a record low of -260 Thousand in June of 2000.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	TEForecast
2017-07-07	12:30 PM	Government Payrolls	35.0K	-7K	12K
2017-08-04	12:30 PM	Government Payrolls	4K	37K	8K
2017-09-01	12:30 PM	Government Payrolls	-9K	-13K	10K
2017-10-06	12:30 PM	Government Payrolls		-9K	11K
2017-11-03	01:30 PM	Government Payrolls			8.4K
2017-12-08	01:30 PM	Government Payrolls			12.1K

United States Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	4.40	4.30	10.80	2.50	percent	[+]
Non Farm Payrolls	156.00	189.00	1115.00	-834.00	Thousand	[+]
Nonfarm Payrolls Private	165.00	202.00	1089.00	-816.00	Thousand	[+]
Government Payrolls	-9.00	-13.00	427.00	-260.00	Thousand	[+]
Manufacturing Payrolls	36.00	26.00	572.00	-519.00	Thousand	[+]
Initial Jobless Claims	284.00	298.00	695.00	162.00	Thousand	[+]
Continuing Jobless Claims	1944.00	1951.00	6635.00	988.00	Thousand	[+]
ADP Employment Change	237.00	201.00	384.00	-846.00	Thousand	[+]
Employed Persons	153439.00	153513.00	153513.00	57635.00	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	7132.00	6981.00	15352.00	1596.00	Thousand	[+]
Average Hourly Earnings	0.10	0.30	0.60	-0.20	percent	[+]
Average Weekly Hours	34.40	34.50	34.60	33.70	Hours	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	62.90	62.90	67.30	58.10	percent	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	1.08	1.11	2.80	1.01	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	8.90	9.00	19.50	7.80	percent	[+]
Labour Costs	108.81	108.75	109.07	17.12	Index Points	[+]
Productivity	108.08	107.66	108.08	27.60	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	6502.00	6138.00	6502.00	2132.00	Thousand	[+]
Job Offers	6170.00	6116.00	6170.00	2196.00	Thousands	[+]
Challenger Job Cuts	33825.00	28307.00	248475.00	15100.00	Persons	[+]
Wages	22.12	22.08	22.12	2.50	USD/Hour	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	20.85	20.96	20.96	1.27	USD/Hour	[+]
Wage Growth	2.95	3.49	13.77	-5.77	percent	[+]
Minimum Wages	7.25	7.25	7.25	0.25	USD/Hour	[+]
Employment Cost Index	0.50	0.80	1.60	0.20	percent	[+]
Labor Market Conditions Index	1.50	3.30	32.00	-48.40	Index Points	[+]
Population	324.30	322.06	324.30	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		[+]
Living Wage Family	1496.20	1497.50	1497.50	1433.00	USD/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	1407.76	1399.20	1407.76	1302.75	USD/Month	[+]
Part Time Employment	27569.00	27535.00	28134.00	10086.00	Thousand	[+]
Full Time Employment	125755.00	125921.00	125987.00	64640.00	Thousand	[+]
Employment Rate	60.10	60.20	64.70	55.00	percent	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	1780.00	1810.00	1860.00	1450.00	USD/Month	[+]
Wages High Skilled	4130.00	4150.00	4150.00	4000.00	USD/Month	[+]

United States Government Payrolls

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 September of 2017.