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Published: 2013-02-21
Notice that, since 1960, Total Govt Employment as a total of all employment has ranged between 14% and 16%. US employment history 1939-2013
Notes:
Today is it around 14%, which is typical during times of no active wars.
Frequency (Freq)
A = Annual, SA = Semiannual, Q = Quarterly, M = Monthly, BW = Biweekly, W = Weekly, D = Daily, NA = Not Applicable
Seasonal Adjustment (Seas Adj)
SA = Seasonally Adjusted, NSA = Not Seasonally Adjusted, SAAR = Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate, SSA = Smoothed Seasonally Adjusted, NA = Not Applicable