United States Payroll Employment for All Local Government Business Establishments
Updated on January 3, 2024.

According to data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, in July 2023, the number of payroll employments in the US for all local government business establishments was 14,315,860. The number of jobs added in July 2023 was 268,568.

Interact with the first chart below to see the number of payroll employment, and with the second chart to see the number of jobs added from January 2019 to July 2023. This information can also be found in the table below.

You can see similar information for different types of businesses establishments and industries.

You can also see similar information for each state, and MSA.

Related Topics: US BLS Topic List.
US Payroll Employment for All Local Government Business Establishments
US Number of Jobs Added to All Local Government Business Establishments
US Payroll Employment for All Local Government Business Establishments
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2019 14362493
February 2019 14508755 146262
March 2019 14581711 72956
April 2019 14597493 15782
May 2019 14706171 108678
June 2019 14387034 -319137
July 2019 12421589 -1965445
August 2019 13115712 694123
September 2019 14355511 1239799
October 2019 14638325 282814
November 2019 14736792 98467
December 2019 14661227 -75565
January 2020 14522123 -139104
February 2020 14660818 138695
March 2020 14691308 30490
April 2020 13918360 -772948
May 2020 13594230 -324130
June 2020 13268287 -325943
July 2020 11638075 -1630212
August 2020 12375685 737610
September 2020 13586320 1210635
October 2020 13794712 208392
November 2020 13885183 90471
December 2020 13778496 -106687
February 2021 13611157 -167339
March 2021 13695148 83991
April 2021 13772204 77056
May 2021 13872126 99922
June 2021 13963659 91533
July 2021 13708476 -255183
August 2021 12121546 -1586930
September 2021 12727512 605966
October 2021 13898454 1170942
November 2021 14075920 177466
December 2021 14140925 65005
January 2022 14097705 -43220
February 2022 13939765 -157940
March 2022 14049196 109431
April 2022 14100249 51053
May 2022 14152816 52567
June 2022 14230642 77826
July 2022 13948670 -281972
August 2022 12241079 -1707591
September 2022 12952694 711615
October 2022 14112834 1160140
November 2022 14309072 196238
December 2022 14438782 129710
January 2023 14355907 -82875
February 2023 14256931 -98976
March 2023 14378197 121266
April 2023 14442084 63887
May 2023 14473706 31622
June 2023 14584428 110722
July 2023 14315860 -268568