Jobs Day

Job change for public-sector workers since the start of each of the last four recoveries

Month 1981 1990 2001 2007
-18 99.2%
-17 99.2%
-16 101.2% 99.3%
-15 100.8% 99.5%
-14 100.3% 99.5%
-13 100.6% 99.6%
-12 100.6% 99.8%
-11 100.6% 100.0%
-10 100.4% 100.0%
-9 100.2% 99.9%
-8 100.3% 99.4% 98.2% 99.9%
-7 100.2% 99.4% 98.4% 100.0%
-6 100.2% 99.5% 98.6% 99.9%
-5 100.2% 99.6% 99.1% 100.0%
-4 99.5% 99.7% 99.3% 100.0%
-3 99.7% 99.8% 99.5% 99.9%
-2 99.7% 99.9% 99.6% 99.9%
-1 99.9% 100.0% 99.8% 99.9%
0  100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
1 100.0% 100.0% 100.1% 99.8%
2 100.3% 100.1% 100.2% 99.8%
3 100.2% 100.4% 100.3% 99.5%
4 100.2% 100.6% 100.5% 99.7%
5 100.1% 100.4% 100.5% 99.8%
6 100.2% 100.3% 100.9% 99.6%
7 100.3% 100.6% 101.0% 99.6%
8 100.2% 100.8% 101.0% 99.4%
9 100.2% 100.8% 101.2% 99.4%
10 100.4% 101.1% 101.0% 99.3%
11 100.1% 101.1% 101.1% 99.4%
12 100.1% 101.2% 101.2% 99.3%
13 100.2% 101.4% 101.2% 99.1%
14 100.2% 101.4% 101.4% 99.0%
15 100.3% 101.5% 101.4% 98.6%
16 100.3% 101.8% 101.3% 98.8%
17 100.6% 102.1% 101.3% 98.8%
18 100.8% 101.8% 101.1% 98.7%
19 100.9% 101.8% 101.3% 98.7%
20 101.2% 101.9% 101.4% 98.4%
21 101.5% 102.1% 101.1% 98.3%
22 101.7% 102.2% 100.8% 98.3%
23 101.9% 102.2% 101.1% 98.1%
24 102.1% 102.3% 101.0% 98.1%
25 101.9% 102.4% 101.0% 97.7%
26 102.2% 102.5% 101.0% 97.7%
27 102.3% 102.6% 101.1% 97.4%
28 102.6% 103.1% 101.2% 97.5%
29 102.8% 102.9% 101.4% 97.4%
30 103.1% 103.0% 101.4% 97.3%
31 103.3% 103.0% 101.3% 97.3%
32 104.0% 103.1% 101.3% 97.3%
33 104.0% 103.4% 101.4% 97.2%
34 104.1% 103.6% 101.4% 97.1%
35 104.2% 103.6% 101.5% 97.1%
36 104.4% 103.8% 101.7% 97.0%
37 104.5% 104.0% 101.7% 97.1%
38 104.6% 104.2% 101.9% 97.2%
39 104.9% 104.3% 102.0% 97.1%
40 104.9% 104.4% 101.9% 97.0%
41 104.9% 104.4% 102.0% 96.9%
42 105.1% 104.6% 102.1% 97.0%
43 105.0% 104.6% 102.0% 96.9%
44 105.0% 104.8% 102.5% 97.0%
45 105.2% 104.9% 102.5% 96.9%
46 105.8% 104.9% 102.4% 96.9%
47 106.2% 105.0% 102.4% 96.9%
48 106.4% 105.1% 102.5% 96.7%
49 106.5% 105.1% 102.6% 96.7%
50 106.7% 105.0% 102.4% 96.9%
51 106.6% 105.2% 102.6% 96.8%
52 106.8% 105.1% 102.7% 96.7%
53 107.1% 105.1% 102.8% 96.8%
54 107.1% 105.1% 102.8% 96.7%
55 107.2% 105.3% 102.8% 96.6%
56 107.4% 105.3% 103.0% 96.7%
57 107.5% 105.3% 103.2% 96.7%
58 107.2% 105.2% 103.5% 96.8%
59 108.1% 105.4% 103.5% 96.8%
60 108.3% 105.6% 103.5% 96.8%
61 108.6% 105.6% 103.6% 96.9%
62 108.7% 105.6% 103.6% 96.9%
63 108.8% 105.6% 103.8% 97.0%
64 109.2% 105.7% 103.9% 97.0%
65 109.2% 105.5% 104.0% 97.0%
66 109.4% 105.8% 104.1% 97.1%
67 109.6% 105.8% 104.1% 97.0%
68 109.5% 105.8% 104.0% 97.1%
69 109.8% 105.9% 104.2% 97.0%
70 110.4% 106.0% 104.5% 97.1%
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