73% of New Jobs Created in Last 5 Months Are in
Government
December 7, 2012
Labor
Secretary Hilda Solis (Dept. of Labor photo)
(CNSNews.com) - Seventy-three percent of the new civilian jobs created in the
United States over the last five months are in government, according to
official data published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
In June, a total
of 142,415,000 people were employed in the U.S, according to the BLS, including
19,938,000 who were employed by federal, state and
local governments.
By November, according to data BLS released today, the
total number of people employed had climbed to 143,262,000, an
overall increase of 847,000 in the six months since June.
In the same five-month period since June, the number of people employed by government increased by
621,000 to 20,559,000.
These
621,000 new government jobs created in the last five months equal 73.3 percent
of the 847,000 new jobs created overall.
1 comment:
Duah, and the rest are temporary, seasonal, for the holidays.
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