Dataset

All Employees, Government

fred.USGOVT
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Government employment covers only civilian employees; military personnel are excluded. Employees of the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, and the Defense Intelligence Agency also are excluded. Postal Services are included. Handbook of Methods Establishment Survey - (http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/pdf/homch2.pdf) Frequently Asked Questions - (http://stats.bls.gov:80/cps/cps_faq.htm) The series comes from the 'Current Employment Statistics (Establishment Survey).' The source code is: CES9000000001

Cite as: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, All Employees, Government [USGOVT], retrieved from FRED, https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/USGOVT. This product uses the FRED® API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

Publisher
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED)
Tier
Official
Covers
1939–2026
Places
not stated
Updated
monthly
Last modified
2026-11-06
Units
Thousands of Persons
License
Public domain, citation requested (FRED API terms of use)
Method
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/USGOVT

Columns

NameTypeDescription
datedatethe first day of the period
valuenumberAll Employees, Government

Dimensions

NameValues
date

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