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Public workers

Month 1981 1990 2001 2007
-18 99.15363%
-17 99.20681%
-16 101.23928% 99.33531%
-15 100.83245% 99.45053%
-14 100.33799% 99.48154%
-13 100.57583% 99.62778%
-12 100.63216% 99.77844%
-11 100.60086% 100.00443%
-10 100.40058% 100.00000%
-9 100.21281% 99.86706%
-8 100.29417% 99.42125% 98.20876% 99.92024%
-7 100.20655% 99.39420% 98.43384% 99.96455%
-6 100.16273% 99.48615% 98.60733% 99.93796%
-5 100.24410% 99.61056% 99.11376% 100.03102%
-4 99.45547% 99.69169% 99.33884% 100.01329%
-3 99.70583% 99.82151% 99.49358% 99.91581%
-2 99.66201% 99.92428% 99.60611% 99.92910%
-1 99.86856% 99.96755% 99.76086% 99.91581%
0 100.00000% 100.00000% 100.00000% 100.00000%
1 100.02504% 99.98377% 100.13598% 99.77844%
2 100.28791% 100.05409% 100.23914% 99.84491%
3 100.16899% 100.39485% 100.30010% 99.45053%
4 100.17525% 100.59498% 100.49236% 99.73413%
5 100.08137% 100.42730% 100.54863% 99.79173%
6 100.17525% 100.29749% 100.88155% 99.55688%
7 100.26914% 100.56794% 101.04567% 99.50813%
8 100.21281% 100.75184% 101.02223% 99.38849%
9 100.24410% 100.82756% 101.23324% 99.36456%
10 100.40683% 101.08178% 101.03160% 99.33310%
11 100.05633% 101.08719% 101.09256% 99.38406%
12 100.12518% 101.22782% 101.19572% 99.35304%
13 100.19403% 101.35764% 101.22855% 99.18465%
14 100.20655% 101.43336% 101.40673% 98.98414%
15 100.30043% 101.48204% 101.39736% 98.59640%
16 100.33173% 101.77953% 101.33171% 98.80356%
17 100.61338% 102.13652% 101.26137% 98.75482%
18 100.78863% 101.84444% 101.13008% 98.65290%
19 100.93885% 101.83903% 101.31295% 98.63961%
20 101.22050% 101.90935% 101.43956% 98.38703%
21 101.54597% 102.10948% 101.07850% 98.30283%
22 101.74000% 102.23388% 100.83466% 98.32499%
23 101.85892% 102.23929% 101.08787% 98.04139%
24 102.09051% 102.26633% 100.98002% 98.17876%
25 101.90899% 102.43401% 101.03160% 97.67803%
26 102.24698% 102.50433% 100.99409% 97.66473%
27 102.32835% 102.60169% 101.05036% 97.45646%
28 102.61626% 103.09390% 101.22855% 97.48305%
29 102.83533% 102.92081% 101.35046% 97.36341%
30 103.11072% 102.99113% 101.35046% 97.24819%
31 103.26094% 102.99654% 101.28951% 97.23047%
32 104.02454% 103.13717% 101.31295% 97.22161%
33 104.01828% 103.35894% 101.40673% 97.20831%
34 104.13720% 103.56447% 101.44894% 97.18173%
35 104.23734% 103.58070% 101.54741% 97.08867%
36 104.36252% 103.79706% 101.71621% 97.14628%
37 104.48770% 103.97555% 101.72090% 97.09310%
38 104.61914% 104.19732% 101.91785% 97.15514%
39 104.89454% 104.25141% 101.96005% 97.16400%
40 104.86950% 104.39745% 101.94129% 97.03106%
41 104.93209% 104.42449% 102.00694% 96.99561%
42 105.08856% 104.59217% 102.13355% 96.99118%
43 105.01972% 104.63003% 102.04914% 96.89369%
44 105.01972% 104.75444% 102.48992% 96.96903%
45 105.15115% 104.86802% 102.51805% 96.86711%
46 105.83964% 104.91670% 102.43365% 96.93358%
47 106.20893% 104.97079% 102.35862% 96.83166%
48 106.43425% 105.07897% 102.49930% 96.83166%
49 106.53439% 105.11683% 102.59308% 96.73860%
50 106.68461% 105.03029% 102.44303% 96.83609%
51 106.62828% 105.17633% 102.58839% 96.88483%
52 106.80353% 105.13306% 102.70562% 96.84052%
53 107.08518% 105.08979% 102.78064% 96.84938%
54 107.10396% 105.09520% 102.81347% 96.84052%
55 107.17907% 105.27910% 102.79471% 96.74303%
56 107.40439% 105.27369% 103.03386% 96.83609%
57 107.47950% 105.28992% 103.21204% 96.84938%
58 107.24792% 105.20338% 103.54497% 96.96459%
59 108.08662% 105.39269% 103.47932% 96.96903%
60 108.27439% 105.64691% 103.54966% 97.09310%
61 108.57483% 105.55495% 103.57310% 97.14184%
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Notes: Public data exclude temporary Census workers.  The line for each recession begins at the official start of the recession, so the length of the line to the left of zero indicates the length of each recession.

Source:  EPI analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Employment Statistics public data series

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