The State Government Employment and Payroll data are available in ASCII text format, Excel spreadsheets,
and viewable tables. These statistics contain summary information on the number of employees and gross
payrolls by governmental function for each of the fifty state governments. Employment and gross payroll data pertain
to March (October for years prior to 1997). Gross payrolls are 31-day monthly equivalent values and are in whole dollars.
The state government data are not subject to sampling.