State and local government accounted for much of the U.S. job growth in June, according to federal data. Health care and ...

One week before a hiring freeze for federal agencies was set to be lifted, President Donald Trump’s administration has ...

Government job openings peaked with 1,120 job openings in May 2023, FRED data shows, which is a 75% increase from two years prior.. This uptick has continued into 2024 with Biden's call for an AI ...

While the private sector job growth slowed sharply from 4.3% in 2022 to 2.3% in 2023, the government has seen a much more rapid pace of hiring. Public sector job growth jumped from a modest 1% in ...

Additionally, most government jobs provide tuition assistance to employees at a standard rate of $250 per credit, but some jobs will pay for the entire program.

The government came out on top when it came to adding jobs over the last 6 months. During the just-ended first half of 2023, federal, state and local governments added 379,000 workers to their ...

But if not for government hiring, job growth would average a solid but far less robust 215,000. In June, the private sector added just 149,000 jobs.

Government Job Cuts Threaten Black Middle Class Public sector jobs, with their competitive pay and benefits, have long been considered the most secure form of employment in America. But as ...

Colorado employers added 1,500 jobs last month and the state's unemployment rate ticked up to 3.2% from 3.1% in August, according to the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment Friday.