United States Payroll Employment for the Local Government Service-providing Industry
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 the local government service-providing industry was 14,205,770. The number of jobs added in July 2023 was 271,200.

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.

Related Topics: US BLS Topic List.
US Payroll Employment for the Local Government Service-providing Industry
US Number of Jobs Added to the Local Government Service-providing Industry
US Payroll Employment for the Local Government Service-providing Industry
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2019 14255711
February 2019 14402084 146373
March 2019 14474871 72787
April 2019 14490150 15279
May 2019 14596739 106589
June 2019 14274856 -321883
July 2019 12308819 -1966037
August 2019 13002980 694161
September 2019 14245776 1242796
October 2019 14528875 283099
November 2019 14627647 98772
December 2019 14552192 -75455
January 2020 14414104 -138088
February 2020 14553065 138961
March 2020 14583519 30454
April 2020 13812051 -771468
May 2020 13487619 -324432
June 2020 13160417 -327202
July 2020 11530002 -1630415
August 2020 12267784 737782
September 2020 13479229 1211445
October 2020 13688115 208886
November 2020 13778749 90634
December 2020 13671824 -106925
February 2021 13505956 -165868
March 2021 13589896 83940
April 2021 13667049 77153
May 2021 13766741 99692
June 2021 13856912 90171
July 2021 13600193 -256719
August 2021 12012880 -1587313
September 2021 12619003 606123
October 2021 13791810 1172807
November 2021 13969815 178005
December 2021 14034940 65125
January 2022 13991466 -43474
February 2022 13834180 -157286
March 2022 13943767 109587
April 2022 13994754 50987
May 2022 14047513 52759
June 2022 14124290 76777
July 2022 13840214 -284076
August 2022 12132243 -1707971
September 2022 12844281 712038
October 2022 14005908 1161627
November 2022 14202717 196809
December 2022 14332117 129400
January 2023 14249252 -82865
February 2023 14151020 -98232
March 2023 14272454 121434
April 2023 14335907 63453
May 2023 14367518 31611
June 2023 14476970 109452
July 2023 14205770 -271200