Statistics on the number of federal, state, and local government civilian
employees and their gross payrolls for the month of March 2008 for state and
local governments and December 2008 for the Federal Government.
2008 Federal Government
Includes data for the Federal Government
Viewable Data [PDF, 16KB] – Data by government function
Includes data for all 50 state governments and all local governments (i.e., counties,
municipalities, townships, special districts, and school districts) combined
Viewable Data – Selected data items by government function
The 2009 Annual Survey of Government Employment was mailed to new Sample on March 19, 2009.
2007 Census of Government Employment data were originally released on October 22, 2008 and were re-released on January 29, 2009 to reflect late responses received.
Release Schedule
October 2009: Preliminary release of 2008 Annual Survey of Government Employment
November 2009: Re-release 2008 Annual Survey of Government Employment to reflect updated responses.
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau | Government Employment & Payroll | 1 (800) 642–4901 | govs.employ@census.gov |
Last Revised:
November 04, 2009