Straight Line of the Day: What Are All These Government Workers Doing?

Government Added 46,000 Employees in February
Cybercast News Service | March 10, 2023 | Terence P. Jeffrey

The number of people employed by government in the United States increased by 46,000 in February, according to the employment report released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

In January, according to BLS’ seasonally adjusted numbers, there were 22,449,000 people employed by government in this country. In February, that increased to 22,495,000. […]

From January to February of this year, federal government employment increased by 7,000, rising from 2,881,000 to 2,888,000.

State government employment increased by 2,000 from January to February, rising from 5,162,000 to 5,164,000. State-government employment in the United States hit its all-time high in February 2020, just as the COVID pandemic was starting. […]

Local government employment increased by 37,000 in February, rising from 14,406,000 in January to 14,443,000. …

17 Comments

  1. I don’t know. Government Worker is an oxymoron. But most likely, accomplishing little to nothing useful in the name of diversity and high tech paper shuffling, hired on the basis of both radical politics and lack of qualifications.

  2. About 20 years or so ago, the IRS spent $16 million on a program to track what their employees were doing. They found that half the time was spent reviewing their investment accounts and pron websites. Probably not in that order.

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