Government Technology: Even as the total number of people working in state government inches upward, a few state workforces and specific employment sectors are shrinking.
That’s according to new 2016 data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Though total state government employment rose by about 22,000 nationwide (measured in full-time equivalence) from 2015 to 2016, several states saw their figures drop.
The states that saw the largest declines were Alaska, which cut its workforce 4.8 percent, Hawaii (3 percent cut), Maryland (2.7 percent), Montana (2.7 percent) and Illinois (2.6 percent).
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