March 1, 1999 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Outside DC, largest federal
employment share in Alaska
In 1997, the federal government employed 2.8
million people, accounting for about 2.3 percent of jobs in the United States. Twenty
States had federal employment shares above the national average. Outside of the District
of Columbia, where nearly one of every three employees works for the federal government,
the State with the largest share of federal employment was Alaska at 6.6 percent.
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Following Alaska, Hawaii (5.7 percent), Maryland (5.6), Virginia (4.9),
New Mexico (4.4), and Montana (3.6) reported the highest federal employment shares. The
State with the lowest Federal employment share was Wisconsin at 1.1 percent, followed by
Michigan (1.3), and Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, and Minnesota (each 1.4).
These employment data are produced by the BLS Covered
Employment and Wages (ES-202) program, a virtual census of establishments, employment,
and wages of employees on nonfarm payrolls. Additional information may be obtained from
the bulletin, "Employment and Wages Annual Averages, 1997."
Of interest
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