Government Workers Now Outnumber Manufacturing Workers by9,977,000
 

On 11/8/16 3:02 AM, burfordTjustice wrote:

Government Workers Now Outnumber Manufacturing Workers by 9,977,000



The United States lost 9,000 manufacturing jobs in October while
gaining 19,000 jobs in government, according to data released by the
Bureau of Labor Statistics.

all the while that 3000 new tech jobs were created and manufacturing
productivity increased 1%.



Government employment grew from 22,216,000 in September to 22,235,000 in October,

according to BLS, while manufacturing jobs dropped from 12,267,000 to
12,258,000.

The 22,235,000 employed by government in the United States now outnumber the 12,258,000

employed in manufacturing by 9,977,000.

Over the past year€”from October 2015 to October 2016€”manufacturing employment fell by

53,000, declining from 12,311,000 to 12,258,000. During the same period,
government

employment climbed 208,000, rising from 22,027,000 to 22,235,000.