Government Employment & Payroll

Cautionary Note

Effect of the 2005 Weather Disasters in Louisiana and Mississippi on government employment information: In certain areas, the 2005 weather disasters in Louisiana and Mississippi resulted in response rates for the local governments that compromised the statistical accuracy in those areas. Read more about the specific effects.

2006 Federal Government

Includes data for the Federal Government

• Viewable Data [PDF, 16KB] – Data by government function in PDF
• Downloadable Data [EXCEL, 22KB] – Data by government function in Excel

2006 State Government

Includes data from the 50 state governments only

Viewable Data – Selected data items by government function

• US Summary Table [TXT, 4KB]
• State Summary Tables (All files are TXT format, 4KB in size and will open in a new window)
  Select a State Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
  
  

Downloadable Data – All data items by government function

• Excel Spreadsheet [EXCEL, 185KB] – Data by government function for each state government
• State Data File [DAT, 84KB] – Data by function code for each state government (file layout)
• State Data ID File [ID, 10KB] – Descriptive information for each state government in the State Data File (file layout)

2006 Local Government

Includes data for all local governments (i.e., counties, municipalities, townships, special districts, and school districts)

Viewable Data – Selected data items by government function

• US Summary Table [TXT, 5KB]
• State Summary Tables (All files are TXT format, between 1KB and 5KB in size and will open in a new window)
  Select a State Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
  
  

Downloadable Data – All data items by government function

• Excel Spreadsheet [EXCEL, 266KB] – Estimates by government function for each state area
• Estimates Data File [DAT, 430KB] – Estimates by level of government and function code for each state area (file layout)
• Estimates ID File [ID, 31KB] – Descriptive information for each record in the Estimates Data File (file layout)
• Individual Government Data File [ZIP, 916KB] – Reported data by function code at the individual government level (file layout)
• Individual Government ID File [ZIP, 284KB] – Descriptive information for each government in the Individual Government Data File (file layout)

2006 State & Local Government

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

• US Summary Table [TXT, 5KB]
• State Summary Tables (All files are TXT format, between 4KB and 5KB in size and will open in a new window)
  Select a State Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
  
  

Downloadable Data – All data items by government function

• Excel Spreadsheet [EXCEL, 266KB] – Estimates by government function for each state area
• Estimates Data File [DAT, 430KB] – Estimates by level of government and function code for each state (file layout)
• Estimates ID File [ID, 31KB] – Descriptive information for each record in the Estimates Data File (file layout)
• Individual Government Data File [ZIP, 916KB] – Reported data by function code at the individual government level (file layout)
• Individual Government ID File [ZIP, 284KB] – Descriptive information for each government in the Individual Government Data File (file layout)