State and local government

Job changes over the last seven business cycles, state and local government employment

Month 1960 peak 1969 peak 1973 peak 1981 peak 1990 peak 2001 peak 2007 peak
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-23
-22
-21
-20
-19
-18 99.3%
-17 99.4%
-16 94.6% 101.4% 99.5%
-15 94.8% 100.8% 99.6%
-14 94.9% 100.2% 99.7%
-13 95.1% 100.5% 99.8%
-12 95.2% 100.6% 100.0%
-11 96.2% 95.5% 100.6% 100.2%
-10 96.7% 96.4% 95.7% 100.4% 100.2%
-9 97.1% 96.7% 95.8% 100.3% 100.0%
-8 97.6% 96.8% 96.1% 100.4% 99.3% 98.0% 100.1%
-7 97.9% 97.1% 96.4% 100.4% 99.3% 98.2% 100.1%
-6 98.3% 97.5% 97.2% 100.5% 99.4% 98.4% 100.1%
-5 98.7% 98.0% 97.7% 100.5% 99.6% 98.9% 100.2%
-4 98.8% 98.6% 98.1% 99.5% 99.7% 99.1% 100.1%
-3 99.2% 98.9% 98.4% 99.7% 99.8% 99.3% 100.0%
-2 99.5% 99.1% 98.9% 99.7% 99.9% 99.5% 100.0%
-1 99.7% 99.7% 100.0% 99.9% 100.0% 99.7% 100.0%
0  100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
1 100.3% 100.2% 100.4% 100.0% 100.0% 100.2% 99.7%
2 100.6% 100.6% 100.6% 100.2% 100.1% 100.3% 99.7%
3 100.9% 100.6% 100.3% 100.1% 100.4% 100.4% 99.3%
4 101.2% 101.0% 100.8% 100.1% 100.5% 100.6% 99.6%
5 101.6% 101.4% 100.9% 100.1% 100.3% 100.7% 99.6%
6 102.1% 101.6% 100.5% 100.2% 100.2% 101.0% 99.4%
7 102.5% 101.8% 101.1% 100.3% 100.4% 101.2% 99.3%
8 102.6% 101.7% 101.1% 100.2% 100.7% 101.2% 99.2%
9 102.7% 101.9% 101.4% 100.2% 100.8% 101.4% 99.2%
10 102.9% 102.2% 101.7% 100.2% 101.0% 101.1% 99.1%
11 103.1% 102.7% 101.9% 99.8% 101.1% 101.1% 99.1%
12 103.4% 103.1% 102.0% 100.0% 101.3% 101.3% 98.9%
13 103.7% 103.7% 102.0% 100.0% 101.5% 101.3% 98.8%
14 104.0% 104.3% 101.9% 100.1% 101.6% 101.5% 98.5%
15 104.4% 104.7% 102.0% 100.2% 101.6% 101.4% 98.1%
16 104.9% 105.1% 102.2% 100.2% 102.0% 101.4% 98.3%
17 105.3% 105.4% 102.3% 100.5% 102.5% 101.4% 98.3%
18 105.9% 106.0% 102.0% 100.6% 102.1% 101.3% 98.1%
19 106.3% 105.9% 102.5% 100.8% 102.2% 101.5% 98.1%
20 106.7% 107.0% 102.8% 101.1% 102.4% 101.6% 97.9%
21 107.1% 107.2% 102.9% 101.5% 102.5% 101.3% 97.7%
22 107.5% 107.7% 102.7% 101.7% 102.7% 101.0% 97.7%
23 108.0% 108.0% 102.7% 101.8% 102.8% 101.3% 97.4%
24 108.4% 108.3% 102.7% 102.0% 102.9% 101.3% 97.7%
25 108.6% 108.7% 102.8% 101.8% 103.1% 101.3% 97.1%
26 108.9% 108.9% 103.3% 102.2% 103.2% 101.3% 97.0%
27 109.3% 109.2% 104.0% 102.3% 103.3% 101.4% 96.8%
28 109.7% 109.5% 104.8% 102.6% 103.9% 101.6% 96.9%
29 110.2% 109.8% 105.0% 102.7% 103.7% 101.6% 96.8%
30 110.8% 110.2% 105.5% 102.9% 103.8% 101.7% 96.7%
31 111.5% 110.8% 106.0% 103.0% 104.0% 101.6% 96.7%
32 112.5% 111.0% 106.4% 103.9% 104.2% 101.7% 96.7%
33 112.6% 111.2% 106.6% 103.8% 104.4% 101.8% 96.7%
34 113.2% 111.0% 107.2% 104.0% 104.6% 101.8% 96.7%
35 113.8% 111.9% 107.7% 104.1% 104.6% 102.0% 96.6%
36 114.1% 112.3% 108.2% 104.2% 104.9% 102.1% 96.7%
37 114.6% 108.7% 104.3% 105.2% 102.1% 96.6%
38 115.2% 109.0% 104.4% 105.5% 102.4% 96.6%
39 115.6% 109.2% 104.8% 105.6% 102.4% 96.7%
40 116.0% 109.5% 104.7% 105.8% 102.4% 96.5%
41 116.2% 109.3% 104.8% 105.9% 102.5% 96.5%
42 116.9% 108.7% 105.1% 106.1% 102.6% 96.6%
43 117.7% 109.0% 105.1% 106.2% 102.5% 96.5%
44 118.6% 109.2% 105.2% 106.4% 103.0% 96.5%
45 118.9% 109.5% 105.2% 106.6% 103.0% 96.5%
46 119.3% 109.6% 106.0% 106.7% 102.9% 96.5%
47 119.9% 109.7% 106.4% 106.8% 102.8% 96.6%
48 120.5% 109.9% 106.7% 106.9% 103.0% 96.5%
49 121.0% 110.2% 106.8% 107.0% 103.1% 96.4%
50 121.6% 110.4% 106.9% 106.9% 103.0% 96.5%
51 122.3% 110.8% 106.8% 107.1% 103.1% 96.6%
52 123.0% 111.7% 107.0% 107.1% 103.2% 96.6%
53 123.9% 112.0% 107.3% 107.1% 103.3% 96.6%
54 124.8% 111.5% 107.3% 107.2% 103.4% 96.5%
55 125.7% 111.5% 107.3% 107.4% 103.3% 96.5%
56 126.2% 111.9% 107.6% 107.5% 103.6% 96.6%
57 126.9% 111.9% 107.6% 107.6% 103.8% 96.7%
58 127.7% 112.1% 107.3% 107.5% 104.2% 96.8%
59 128.1% 108.2% 107.7% 104.1% 96.8%
60 128.8% 108.4% 108.0% 104.2% 97.0%
61 129.7% 108.7% 108.0% 104.3% 96.9%
62 130.4% 108.9% 108.1% 104.3% 96.8%
63 131.0% 109.1% 108.1% 104.5% 96.9%
64 131.9% 109.6% 108.3% 104.6% 97.1%
65 132.8% 109.7% 108.0% 104.7% 97.1%
66 133.0% 109.9% 108.5% 104.8% 97.2%
67 133.6% 110.2% 108.5% 104.9% 97.2%
68 134.3% 110.0% 108.6% 104.7% 97.3%
69 135.1% 110.3% 108.7% 105.0% 97.2%
70 135.8% 110.8% 108.8% 105.3% 97.4%
71 136.5% 111.0% 108.9% 105.4% 97.4%
72 137.0% 111.5% 109.0% 105.5% 97.4%
73 137.5% 111.5% 109.1% 105.7% 97.5%
74 138.0% 111.7% 109.1% 97.7%
75 138.5% 112.0% 109.4% 97.6%
76 139.3% 112.1% 109.8% 97.7%
77 139.4% 112.4% 109.4% 97.7%
78 140.0% 112.6% 109.8% 97.8%
79 140.6% 113.0% 110.1% 97.9%
80 140.8% 112.9% 110.2% 98.0%
81 141.7% 113.6% 110.3% 98.1%
82 142.3% 113.9% 110.4% 98.1%
83 143.3% 114.0% 110.6% 98.2%
84 143.8% 114.2% 110.6% 98.1%
85 144.3% 114.5% 110.9% 98.6%
86 144.8% 115.0% 111.2% 98.6%
87 145.2% 115.2% 111.2% 98.7%
88 145.8% 115.4% 111.5% 98.6%
89 146.3% 115.6% 111.6% 98.6%
90 147.1% 115.9% 111.8% 98.7%
91 147.7% 116.4% 111.9% 98.7%
92 148.3% 116.9% 112.1% 98.7%
93 148.3% 112.3% 98.7%
94 149.3% 112.5% 98.7%
95 149.3% 112.8% 98.7%
96 149.7% 113.0% 98.8%
97 150.0% 113.3% 98.8%
98 150.2% 113.5% 98.9%
99 151.0% 113.7% 98.8%
100 151.5% 114.2% 98.8%
101 151.5% 114.4% 98.8%
102 152.1% 114.6% 98.9%
103 152.3% 114.9% 98.8%
104 153.2% 115.2% 98.8%
105 153.7% 115.4% 98.8%
106 154.4% 115.7% 98.8%
107 115.7%
108 116.0%
109 116.2%
110 116.3%
111 116.2%
112 116.4%
113 116.7%
114 116.9%
115 117.0%
116 117.1%
117 117.3%
118 117.5%
119 117.9%
120 118.2%
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Note: 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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