While the U.S. economy sputters under the weight of onerous regulation, a prevailing Washington mindset that producers aren’t paying their “fair share,” and the reality of more ObamaCare regulations and costs to come, things are rather rosy in one sector.
In July 2012, the unemployment rate for government workers was as high as 5.7 percent, according to the BLS, and the rate has been in a steady decline since. The current unemployment for government workers at 3.6 percent is the lowest rate since April 2011.
Since July, times have been very good for government in the United States, with governments managing to add 618,000 workers to their payrolls. In March, there were 20,633,000 total government workers in the U.S. In July the government employed 20,015,000 people.
