The U.S. Census Bureau

Local Government Employment and Payroll Data
 
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The 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 for local governments (counties, municipalities, townships, special districts, and school districts). The statistics are presented by geographic area -- states, the District of Columbia, and Total Local. 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.

- Revisions were made to the 1999 data in June, 2001.
- Revisions were made to the 2002 data in October, 2004.
 

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 2007 Related Employment Tables
* Compendium of Public Employment, Tables 1–5 (Released: May 2009)  PDF  |  Excel

 Contact Information
* Contact us by email or by phone at (800) 642-4901. For requests from media, contact our Public Information Office (PIO) at 301-763-3030 or email to pio@census.gov.

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division
Created: November 6 2000
Last revised: May 28 2009