State/Local Employment Up Slightly Since Start of Recession, But Cuts Are Now Underway by Donald J. Boyd, Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government, August 20, 2009.
“Government employment accounts for more than 22 million jobs 17 percent of total U.S. employment with state and local governments accounting for the vast majority of this. Assessing changes in state and local government employment is important because of its impact on education, public protection and other services, and because of its role in the overall economy, particularly during recessions. At the same time, state and local government payrolls are key elements in taxpayer costs, typically representing between a quarter and a third of state/local direct expenditures. Private sector employment for the nation as a whole has fallen by 6.9 million jobs between the December 2007 start of the recession and July 2009. Over the same period, state and local government employment has risen by 110 thousand jobs or 0.6 percent, with increases in both state governments and local governments.”
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