The State Of The USA website has an interactive graphic showing job growth and loss across the private sector, federal government, and local governments from 2007 to present.  Some of their observations:

  • Local governments cut 38,000 jobs in July, but lost 128,000 since the recession began.
  • State governments trimmed 10,000 jobs in July and lost just 6,000 jobs since December of 2007.
  • The federal government eliminated 154,000 jobs in July, but gained 262,000 jobs since the start of the recession.

Don’t be too surprised tho.  The huge jump in federal jobs is (I’m pretty sure) related to the Census, so they’ll all be laid off (many already are).

Hit their site to see the numbers.

The State of the USA | Still In the Red: The Recession’s Impact on Job Growth.

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