Posted 2/2/2024, 5:16:00 PM
Government Employment Hits New High, Adding Over Half a Million Jobs in 2023 As Debt Tops $34 Trillion
- U.S. set new record in January with 23,091,000 government employees, beating December's previous record
- Marks 3rd month in a row of setting new record high for government jobs
- Government added 601,000 jobs in past 12 months, averaging 57,000 per month in 2023
- Rise in government jobs happening alongside continued increase in national debt, which exceeded $34 trillion in December
- After pandemic decline, government jobs now exceeding pre-2020 levels