Dayton
Business Journal...
Ohio 2nd in U.S. for
declining government jobs
by G. Scott Thomas, DBJ Contributor
Friday, May 27, 2011
Editor's
Note: Missing in the following report are two things: Government Worker
to Population Ratio and Percentage Loss (or gain) based upon Total
Number of Government Workers.
Ohio had the second-biggest decline in government jobs in the past 10
years, according to a new report.
Ohio lost 16,500 government jobs between April 2001 and April 2011,
with more than half of the total jobs lost coming in the past year.
Ohio lost 8,400 between April 2010 and April 2011, according to an On
Numbers study of employment data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics. The Buckeye State had 789,300 jobs in April.
Government jobs include all jobs at the federal, state and local levels.
Seven states lost government jobs over the 10-year period. Michigan
shed the largest number of government jobs over the past decade,
reducing its total by 64,000.
Kentucky added 19,400 jobs, No. 20 in the nation in terms of growth,
followed closely by Indiana, which added 15,600 to land at No. 23 on
the list. However, both states lost jobs in the past year, 500 and
13,400, respectively.
Texas posted the largest 10-year upswing in government jobs, adding
286,800 positions last decade. A total of 1.6 million Texans held
government jobs in April 2001, a figure that grew to nearly 1.9 million
by last month.
Next in the national standings were Florida, which added 94,700
government jobs in 10 years, North Carolina (up 78,000) and Virginia
(up 77,300).
Editor: Read it with links at Dayton Business Journal, however note
that I was unable to find any data that indicated the number of
government jobs per capita. Logic would tell me that might change a few
rankings... or maybe not.
Read it at the Dayton Business Journal
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