Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll Summary Report: 2013 - Released December 19, 2014

Oct 15, 2026

Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll Summary Report: 2013 presents March 2013 employment and payroll data for U.S. state and local governments, using information from the Census Bureau’s 2013 Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. It explains the survey’s scope, definitions of governments, and how functional and umbrella categories such as education, police protection, and fire protection are organized. The report highlights national totals for federal, state, and local employment, including full-time and part-time breakdowns, and notes exclusions such as contracted employees.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

FormatPDF

Pages10

Reading Time25 min

AccessFree to download

Introduction

Government definitions and survey coverage

Employment

National employment totals and changes

Full-time vs part-time employment

Functional categories

Education, police protection, and fire protection

Treatment of contracted employees

Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll Summary Report: 2013 Economy-Wide Statistics Briefs: Public Sector by Robert Jesse Willhide Released December 19, 2014 G13-ASPEP INTRODUCTION This report is part of a series of reports that provides information on the structure, function, finances, taxation, employment, and pension systems of the United States’ approximately 90,000 state and local governments. The U.S. Census Bureau currently produces the Census of Governments quinquennially for the years ending in “2” and “7 .” Additionally, associated intercensal surveys provide data quarterly and annually. These surveys provide a wealth of data on the economic activity of state and local governments. For Census Bureau statistical purposes, a government is defined as an organized entity subject to public accountability, whose officials are popularly elected or are appointed by public officials, and which has sufficient discretion in the management of its affairs to distinguish it as separate from the administrative structure of any other government unit. Types of governments canvassed include states, counties, cities, townships, special districts, and school districts. This report presents data on state and local government employment and payroll based on information collected by the 2013 Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll for the month of March. Data are published in tables at the federal, state, and local levels. Tables describing state-and local-level activities are compiled into national, as well as individual state totals. Employment estimates are available for full-and parttime workers, as well as full-time equivalent employees. Total payroll amounts are also available separately for full-and part-time employees. DID YOU KNOW? Uses of the Survey of Public Employment & Payroll data include the following: • Development of the government component of the gross domestic product (GDP) estimates • Development of the national income accounts • Development of personal income estimates for state and county areas • Legislative research The Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll collects employment and payroll data broken out by functional category or type of job. The survey has maintained definitions consistently over the years, adding new services to definitions of functions as these services came to exist among state and local governments. In addition to basic functional categories, three umbrella categories group functional categories together: Total Education, Total Police Protection, and Total Fire Protection. Education is an umbrella category covering all employees that are engaged in the operation, maintenance, and construction of public education facilities. This includes teachers, administrators, clerical, cafeteria, and maintenance workers, among others at the elementary, secondary, and postsecondary levels. Education data are available by component at the elementary/secondary levels, as well as higher education for instructional and noninstructional employees. U.S. Department of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration U. S. CENSUS BUREAU [census.gov](census.gov) The data and technical documentation for this release can be found at <[www.census.gov/govs/apes/](www.census.gov/govs/apes/)> . Police protection includes employees of police departments who are sworn police officers, as well as those in assistance, such as dispatchers, coroners, and crime lab employees. Sworn police officers are counted specifically and can be separated from the wider functional category as shown in Tables 1 and 2. Fire protection is divided between firefighters and other fire protection personnel. Contracted employees of governments are not included in the employment or payroll amounts shown in this report. EMPLOYMENT In March 2013, federal, state, and local governments employed 21.8 million people. This is a decrease of 208,851 employees (0 .9 percent) from the same pe

FAQs

What period and data source does the report cover?

The report presents state and local government employment and payroll data based on the 2013 Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll for March 2013, with tables published at federal, state, and local levels.

How does the report define government for survey purposes?

A government is defined as an organized entity subject to public accountability, with officials who are popularly elected or appointed by public officials and sufficient discretion to be separate from other government units.

Are contracted employees included in the employment and payroll totals?

No. Contracted employees of governments are not included in the employment or payroll amounts shown in the report.

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