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State
Government Jobs
Offer a Wide Variety of Choices
State
Government jobs to include city and local governments, employ people in
occupations found in nearly every industry in the economy.
Local
governments in fact employ more than twice as many workers as State
governments.
Professional and service
occupations account for more than half of all jobs; fire fighters and
law enforcement workers, concentrated in local government, are the
largest occupations.
Generally
speaking,
employer-provided benefits are more common among State and local
government employees than among workers in the private sector.
Nature
of the
Industry:
Goods and
services
- State
and local governments provide their constituents with vital services,
such as transportation, public safety, health care, education,
utilities and courts.
Industry organization
- Excluding
education and hospitals, State and local governments employ about 10
million workers, placing them among the largest employers in the
economy.
- Seven out of 10 of these employees work
for local governments, such as counties, cities, special districts, and
towns.
- Many State and local workers also work in
public hospitals, which are included in the health care industry.
Working
Conditions:
Hours
- Working
conditions vary by occupation and, in some instances, by size and
location of the State or local government.
- For
example, chief executives in very small jurisdictions may work less
than 20 hours a week; in larger jurisdictions, they often work more
than 40 hours per week.
- Chief executives in large
jurisdictions work full time year round, as do most county and city
managers.
- Most State legislators work full time
only when in session, usually for a few months a year, and work part
time the rest of the year.
- Local elected
officials in some small jurisdictions work part time.
- Most
professional, financial operations, and office and administrative
support workers in State and local government work a standard 40-hour
week in an office environment.
Occupations
in the Industry:
- Service
occupations made up the largest share of employment in State and local
governments, accounting for a third of all jobs.
- Of
these, police and sheriff’s patrol officers, bailiffs, correctional
officers and jailers, and fire fighters, concentrated in local
government, were the largest occupations.
- Professional
and related occupations accounted for about a quarter of employment;
which includes office and administrative support occupations,
management, business and financial occupations.
As
previously mentioned, state government jobs to include local
governments
employ people in occupations found in nearly every industry in the
economy, including chief executives, managers, engineers, computer
specialists, secretaries, and health technicians.
Certain
occupations, however, are mainly or exclusively found in these
governments, such as legislators; tax examiners, collectors, and
revenue agents; urban and regional planners; judges, magistrates, and
other judicial workers; police and sheriff's patrol officers; and
correctional officers and jailers.
If you are
interested in finding State Government jobs to include city and local
government agencies, you should contact the appropriate agencies
directly. Most (if not all) have a website which list current
government job openings.
Contact your city, county,
and State personnel and human resources departments, and local offices
of State employment services for additional information.
In
additional to the State
Government jobs section here, don't forget to
check out the other opportunities in the Federal Government jobs
area, such as: Airport
jobs, Homeland
Security jobs, Post
Office jobs, Civil
Service
jobs, Federal
Police jobs and
Government
Contract jobs.
An important factor to consider when looking into Government jobs is
the Employment
Background Screening that many organizations require.
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