The State and Local 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 governmental function. The statistics are presented by geographic area -- states, the District of Columbia, and National Totals. Employment and gross payroll data pertain to a period of one month. Gross payrolls are 31-day monthly equivalent values and are in whole dollars.
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division
Created: November 06 2000
Last revised: April 01 2009