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November 18, 2008

Census: NYS local government payroll exceeds national average

The federal government has released its 2007 survey of public sector employment in the states, showing New York localities exceed the national average in the number of government employees per capita.

NY Fiscal Watch (here) illustrates the differences with a chart.

Brooklyn-based Larry Littlefield crunched the state and local government statistics and offers an analysis (here) with a link to his spreadsheets.

Posted by Lise Bang-Jensen

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