Government Payrolls in the United States fell by 25 thousand in November of 2021, the smallest drop since September. Employment decreased in local government education and state government education (-12,600 and -3,000, respectively). Employment changed little in other major industries, including mining, wholesale trade, information, other services, and public and private education. source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Government Payrolls in the United States averaged 18.02 Thousand from 1939 until 2021, reaching an all time high of 517 Thousand in August of 2020 and a record low of -948 Thousand in April of 2020. 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 - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on December of 2021.

Government Payrolls in the United States is expected to be 2.00 Thousand by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the United States Government Payrolls is projected to trend around 60.00 Thousand in 2022, according to our econometric models.

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United States Government Payrolls


Calendar GMT Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2021-11-05 12:30 PM Government Payrolls Oct -73K -53K 50K
2021-12-03 01:30 PM Government Payrolls Nov -25K -82K -40K
2022-01-07 01:30 PM Government Payrolls Dec -25K


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Unemployment Rate 4.20 4.60 percent Nov/21
Non Farm Payrolls 210.00 546.00 Thousand Nov/21
Nonfarm Payrolls Private 235.00 628.00 Thousand Nov/21
Government Payrolls -25.00 -82.00 Thousand Nov/21
Manufacturing Payrolls 31.00 48.00 Thousand Nov/21
Unemployed Persons 6877.00 7419.00 Thousand Nov/21
Employed Persons 155175.00 154039.00 Thousand Nov/21
Average Hourly Earnings 0.30 0.40 percent Nov/21
Average Weekly Hours 34.80 34.70 Hours Nov/21
Labor Force Participation Rate 61.80 61.60 percent Nov/21
Long Term Unemployment Rate 1.35 1.44 percent Nov/21
Youth Unemployment Rate 8.60 8.70 percent Nov/21
Labour Costs 120.92 118.55 points Sep/21
Productivity 111.33 112.76 points Sep/21
Job Vacancies 10507.00 10679.00 Thousand Sep/21
Job Offers 10438.00 10629.00 Thousand Sep/21
Wages 26.40 26.26 USD/Hour Nov/21
Wages in Manufacturing 24.27 24.24 USD/Hour Nov/21
Employment Cost Index 1.30 0.70 percent Sep/21
Average Hourly Earnings YoY 4.80 4.80 percent Nov/21
Part Time Employment 25948.00 25906.00 Thousand Nov/21
Full Time Employment 129260.00 128306.00 Thousand Nov/21
Employment Rate 59.20 58.80 percent Nov/21
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.