Federal Employment Graph (surprised me)

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sam callahan
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In reply to lb3 • 8:49p, 2/27/25
your comment helps with my understanding a great deal (as well as corrects the people who thought it was because of efficiency like the NYSE).

AI says in 2017 there were 4.1 million contractors. Wow
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sam callahan
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In reply to txags92 • 8:55p, 2/27/25
I believe that graph is all government employees (federal, state, local)
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lb3
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In reply to sam callahan • 9:01p, 2/27/25
sam callahan said:
your comment helps with my understanding a great deal (as well as corrects the people who thought it was because of efficiency like the NYSE).

AI says in 2017 there were 4.1 million contractors. Wow
Contractors aren't always cheaper, and in the case of specialist, the contractors can be far more expensive since there is a cap on the GS pay scale and the contract employers are hiring at market wages.
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In reply to sam callahan • 9:37p, 2/27/25
sam callahan said:
I believe that graph is all government employees (federal, state, local)


There is a strong chance that fed worker in the IC ARE not included. CIA/DIA/NSA at a minimum are not included.
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9:41p, 2/27/25
I don't think that graph includes federal contractors in the count. It obviously will also not include companies working on government contracts.
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sam callahan
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9:47p, 2/27/25
I think the real story here is that our government is so big, nobody knows how many people it employs.
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tysker
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9:59p, 2/27/25
Its not the number of employees; it's the number of regulations
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In reply to sam callahan • 10:03p, 2/27/25
sam callahan said:
Going back more than 50 years, I expected the number of federal workers to trend up, but it's flat. And when you take into account population growth, as percentage of employed the number of federal workers has gone down.

Anyone else surprised by this?





Someone extend that graph with the forecasted levels of 2025.
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1939
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10:49p, 2/27/25
https://usafacts.org/articles/how-many-people-work-for-the-federal-government/

Do you people even google?

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InfantryAg
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In reply to 1939 • 11:02p, 2/27/25
1939 said:
https://usafacts.org/articles/how-many-people-work-for-the-federal-government/

Do you people even google?
Nations 15th largest workforce.

I'm guessing many here would be surprised to find out the largest employer in their county is by far the county government and the local school government.

Walmart is usually not far behind (in ranking, not in employees).
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