State Government Employment and Payroll
March 2004

 
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The state government employment and payroll data are available in ASCII text format, Excel spreadsheets, and viewable tables. These statistics cover summary information on the number of employees and gross payrolls by government 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.


VIEWABLE DATA - Summary data for the Nation and by State

DOWNLOADABLE DATA - Detailed data and record layouts

ABOUT THE SURVEY - Background, purpose, and population of interest

SURVEY CONTENT - Questionnaires and definitions

DATA COLLECTION - Collection period and methods

DATA PROCESSING - Editing, imputation, estimation, and variance estimation

DATA QUALITY - Response rates and nonsampling errors

RELATED INFORMATION - Related surveys and evaluation studies


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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division,
Created: 03-25-2005
Last revised: September 28 2005