Wyoming has the highest percentage of state and local government employees in the US at 22%, followed by Alaska at 20.8%. Only 7.9% of workers in the nation’s capital are employed by local or state government. Civil servants are more educated and the public sector has a higher percentage of female workers. The US federal government is the largest employer in the country, with about two million employees.
Of the workforce in Wyoming, 22% are employed by state or local government. It is higher than any other state in the US. Alaska ranks second highest, with the government employing 20.8 percent of its workforce. Surprisingly, the nation’s capital has the lowest percentage: only 7.9% are employed by local or state government.
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Civil servants tend to be better educated: nearly half have a four-year degree and a quarter have a master’s degree; in the private sector, less than 30% are college educated.
In the public sector, 60 percent of the workforce is female, compared to just 46 percent in the private sector.
The US federal government is the largest employer in the US, employing about two million people, and that doesn’t even include the half-million people employed at the US Post Office.
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