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A data visualization showing US federal government employment trends from 1939 to December 2024. The left graph (pink) represents total federal employment, peaking at 3.4 million in May 1990 and reaching 3.01 million in December 2024. The right graph (blue) shows the percentage of total US jobs held by federal employees, peaking at 7.45% in November 1944 and declining to 1.89% by December 2024. The source is the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the image is branded with 'USAFacts' in the bottom right.

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A data visualization showing US federal government employment trends from 1939 to December 2024. The left graph (pink) represents total federal employment, peaking at 3.4 million in May 1990 and reaching 3.01 million in December 2024. The right graph (blue) shows the percentage of total US jobs held by federal employees, peaking at 7.45% in November 1944 and declining to 1.89% by December 2024. The source is the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the image is branded with 'USAFacts' in the bottom right.
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Information Is Beautiful (infobeautiful@vis.social)'s status on Friday, 21-Mar-2025 04:55:35 JST Information Is Beautiful

Just how many people work for the US Federal Government? About 3 million or 1.9% of the US workforce.

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