United States Government Payrolls 1950-2018 | Data | Chart | Calendar

Government Payrolls in the United States decreased by 3 thousand in August of 2018. Government Payrolls in the United States averaged 19.89 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.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	TEForecast
2018-07-06	12:30 PM	Government Payrolls	11K	5K	3K
2018-08-03	12:30 PM	Government Payrolls	-13K	14K	-13K
2018-09-07	12:30 PM	Government Payrolls	-3K	-6K	2K
2018-10-05	12:30 PM	Government Payrolls		-3K	5K
2018-11-02	12:30 PM	Government Payrolls			2K
2018-12-07	01:30 PM	Government Payrolls			9K

United States Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	3.90	3.90	10.80	2.50	percent	[+]
Non Farm Payrolls	201.00	147.00	1115.00	-834.00	Thousand	[+]
Nonfarm Payrolls Private	204.00	153.00	1089.00	-821.00	Thousand	[+]
Government Payrolls	-3.00	-6.00	427.00	-260.00	Thousand	[+]
Manufacturing Payrolls	-3.00	18.00	572.00	-519.00	Thousand	[+]
Initial Jobless Claims	201.00	204.00	695.00	162.00	Thousand	[+]
Continuing Jobless Claims	1645.00	1700.00	6635.00	988.00	Thousand	[+]
ADP Employment Change	163.00	217.00	384.00	-836.00	Thousand	[+]
Employed Persons	155542.00	155965.00	155965.00	57635.00	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	6234.00	6280.00	15352.00	1596.00	Thousand	[+]
Average Hourly Earnings	0.40	0.30	0.60	-0.20	percent	[+]
Average Weekly Hours	34.50	34.50	34.60	33.70	Hours	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	62.70	62.90	67.30	58.10	percent	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	0.82	0.88	2.80	0.74	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	8.40	8.60	19.50	7.80	percent	[+]
Labour Costs	109.33	109.60	109.60	17.00	Index Points	[+]
Productivity	105.08	104.34	105.08	26.03	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	7313.00	6653.00	7313.00	2132.00	Thousand	[+]
Job Offers	6939.00	6822.00	6939.00	2196.00	Thousand	[+]
Challenger Job Cuts	38472.00	27122.00	248475.00	15100.00	Persons	[+]
Wages	22.73	22.66	22.73	2.50	USD/Hour	[+]
Wage Growth	4.83	4.99	13.78	-5.88	percent	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	21.42	21.41	21.53	1.27	USD/Hour	[+]
Minimum Wages	7.25	7.25	7.25	0.25	USD/Hour	[+]
Employment Cost Index	0.60	0.80	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	60.30	60.50	64.70	55.00	percent	[+]
Full Time Employment	128577.00	129021.00	129021.00	64640.00	Thousand	[+]
Part Time Employment	26913.00	26992.00	28134.00	10086.00	Thousand	[+]
Living Wage Family	2240.00	2150.00	2240.00	2120.00	USD/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	1540.00	1460.00	1540.00	1420.00	USD/Month	[+]
Wages High Skilled	4290.00	4120.00	4320.00	3640.00	USD/Month	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	2090.00	1830.00	2100.00	1650.00	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 2018.