United States Payroll Employment for the Local government general administration Industry (Seas Adj.)
Updated on April 11, 2023.

According to data from the US BLS, in February 2023, the number of US payroll employment for the local government general administration industry was 4,238,300 (seasonally adjusted); this means that the US added 2,500 jobs to the local government general administration industry in February 2023.

The charts and table below shows the trend of payroll employment and the number of jobs added from January 2002 to February 2023.

You can see similar information for other industries.

US Payroll Employment for the Local government general administration Industry (Seas Adj.)
US Number of Jobs Added to the Local government general administration Industry (Seas Adj.)
US Payroll Employment for the Local government general administration Industry (Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 3965900
February 2002 3975300 9400
March 2002 3973800 -1500
April 2002 3973800 0
May 2002 3980700 6900
June 2002 3982600 1900
July 2002 3972000 -10600
August 2002 3969000 -3000
September 2002 3973400 4400
October 2002 3978200 4800
November 2002 3980700 2500
December 2002 3985000 4300
January 2003 3987400 2400
February 2003 3984100 -3300
March 2003 3982400 -1700
April 2003 3983200 800
May 2003 3978700 -4500
June 2003 3974900 -3800
July 2003 3972600 -2300
August 2003 3967100 -5500
September 2003 3963600 -3500
October 2003 3969000 5400
November 2003 3968800 -200
December 2003 3969500 700
January 2004 3971900 2400
February 2004 3978800 6900
March 2004 3983000 4200
April 2004 3976100 -6900
May 2004 3976300 200
June 2004 3980200 3900
July 2004 3986000 5800
August 2004 3991000 5000
September 2004 3988300 -2700
October 2004 3990600 2300
November 2004 4006700 16100
December 2004 3994100 -12600
January 2005 3995300 1200
February 2005 3996500 1200
March 2005 3997800 1300
April 2005 4004000 6200
May 2005 4004100 100
June 2005 4009500 5400
July 2005 4018500 9000
August 2005 4021200 2700
September 2005 4021500 300
October 2005 4027800 6300
November 2005 4029200 1400
December 2005 4033300 4100
January 2006 4038800 5500
February 2006 4044000 5200
March 2006 4053200 9200
April 2006 4058100 4900
May 2006 4063700 5600
June 2006 4072700 9000
July 2006 4080000 7300
August 2006 4083400 3400
September 2006 4093100 9700
October 2006 4099500 6400
November 2006 4117300 17800
December 2006 4111800 -5500
January 2007 4118600 6800
February 2007 4127200 8600
March 2007 4133200 6000
April 2007 4141900 8700
May 2007 4147100 5200
June 2007 4156800 9700
July 2007 4155500 -1300
August 2007 4161000 5500
September 2007 4167700 6700
October 2007 4178300 10600
November 2007 4181500 3200
December 2007 4188800 7300
January 2008 4206700 17900
February 2008 4214000 7300
March 2008 4219300 5300
April 2008 4223000 3700
May 2008 4227200 4200
June 2008 4236300 9100
July 2008 4229400 -6900
August 2008 4238800 9400
September 2008 4236300 -2500
October 2008 4238900 2600
November 2008 4248700 9800
December 2008 4232500 -16200
January 2009 4226100 -6400
February 2009 4217200 -8900
March 2009 4210800 -6400
April 2009 4202100 -8700
May 2009 4203700 1600
June 2009 4197600 -6100
July 2009 4225500 27900
August 2009 4206000 -19500
September 2009 4189200 -16800
October 2009 4179300 -9900
November 2009 4171800 -7500
December 2009 4165500 -6300
January 2010 4156700 -8800
February 2010 4146000 -10700
March 2010 4140200 -5800
April 2010 4134400 -5800
May 2010 4126900 -7500
June 2010 4116400 -10500
July 2010 4109900 -6500
August 2010 4102900 -7000
September 2010 4095100 -7800
October 2010 4086700 -8400
November 2010 4084700 -2000
December 2010 4072100 -12600
January 2011 4065800 -6300
February 2011 4063500 -2300
March 2011 4055300 -8200
April 2011 4050900 -4400
May 2011 4043300 -7600
June 2011 4039800 -3500
July 2011 4039200 -600
August 2011 4037000 -2200
September 2011 4035400 -1600
October 2011 4032900 -2500
November 2011 4032800 -100
December 2011 4036100 3300
January 2012 4037200 1100
February 2012 4036600 -600
March 2012 4040300 3700
April 2012 4039800 -500
May 2012 4040500 700
June 2012 4038300 -2200
July 2012 4033900 -4400
August 2012 4037000 3100
September 2012 4033800 -3200
October 2012 4033500 -300
November 2012 4029800 -3700
December 2012 4030000 200
January 2013 4028400 -1600
February 2013 4026300 -2100
March 2013 4024600 -1700
April 2013 4021900 -2700
May 2013 4019700 -2200
June 2013 4024800 5100
July 2013 4019000 -5800
August 2013 4014900 -4100
September 2013 4020200 5300
October 2013 4019900 -300
November 2013 4020900 1000
December 2013 4022000 1100
January 2014 4024000 2000
February 2014 4027600 3600
March 2014 4028900 1300
April 2014 4031700 2800
May 2014 4042600 10900
June 2014 4039900 -2700
July 2014 4043900 4000
August 2014 4048200 4300
September 2014 4042900 -5300
October 2014 4047000 4100
November 2014 4052100 5100
December 2014 4047900 -4200
January 2015 4046300 -1600
February 2015 4044500 -1800
March 2015 4048600 4100
April 2015 4051700 3100
May 2015 4062800 11100
June 2015 4056000 -6800
July 2015 4059600 3600
August 2015 4060700 1100
September 2015 4076100 15400
October 2015 4073100 -3000
November 2015 4071100 -2000
December 2015 4079100 8000
January 2016 4089600 10500
February 2016 4098700 9100
March 2016 4115300 16600
April 2016 4106900 -8400
May 2016 4113800 6900
June 2016 4115200 1400
July 2016 4110500 -4700
August 2016 4119900 9400
September 2016 4121200 1300
October 2016 4128900 7700
November 2016 4139900 11000
December 2016 4135500 -4400
January 2017 4128300 -7200
February 2017 4127500 -800
March 2017 4128800 1300
April 2017 4138100 9300
May 2017 4135800 -2300
June 2017 4149800 14000
July 2017 4163000 13200
August 2017 4170600 7600
September 2017 4169300 -1300
October 2017 4166800 -2500
November 2017 4170200 3400
December 2017 4178000 7800
January 2018 4190900 12900
February 2018 4198400 7500
March 2018 4204200 5800
April 2018 4204100 -100
May 2018 4214500 10400
June 2018 4219400 4900
July 2018 4225000 5600
August 2018 4228500 3500
September 2018 4223300 -5200
October 2018 4229800 6500
November 2018 4230900 1100
December 2018 4235500 4600
January 2019 4235000 -500
February 2019 4233400 -1600
March 2019 4236100 2700
April 2019 4243800 7700
May 2019 4242100 -1700
June 2019 4271600 29500
July 2019 4272400 800
August 2019 4262000 -10400
September 2019 4265000 3000
October 2019 4262700 -2300
November 2019 4268100 5400
December 2019 4273000 4900
January 2020 4286600 13600
February 2020 4296100 9500
March 2020 4303100 7000
April 2020 4106100 -197000
May 2020 4039800 -66300
June 2020 4006800 -33000
July 2020 4010600 3800
August 2020 4049900 39300
September 2020 4134900 85000
October 2020 4165900 31000
November 2020 4158100 -7800
December 2020 4153500 -4600
January 2021 4142200 -11300
February 2021 4139200 -3000
March 2021 4143000 3800
April 2021 4148800 5800
May 2021 4140600 -8200
June 2021 4137300 -3300
July 2021 4135200 -2100
August 2021 4127700 -7500
September 2021 4169700 42000
October 2021 4165200 -4500
November 2021 4165900 700
December 2021 4163100 -2800
January 2022 4166800 3700
February 2022 4170400 3600
March 2022 4166500 -3900
April 2022 4166900 400
May 2022 4174300 7400
June 2022 4176600 2300
July 2022 4183400 6800
August 2022 4198400 15000
September 2022 4210400 12000
October 2022 4215800 5400
November 2022 4233700 17900
December 2022 4232500 -1200
January 2023 4235800 3300
February 2023 4238300 2500