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Number of people employed by U.S. state and local governments, by function 2017
Number of full-time employees of state and local government in the United States in 2017, by function
by Erin Duffin,
last edited
Apr 29, 2019
This statistic shows the number of people employed full-time by state and local governments in the United States in 2017, by function. The education sector was the area with the highest number of state and local government employees in 2017 with about 7.6 million full-time employees.
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by Erin Duffin,
last edited
Apr 29, 2019
This statistic shows the number of people employed full-time by state and local governments in the United States in 2017, by function. The education sector was the area with the highest number of state and local government employees in 2017 with about 7.6 million full-time employees.
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