The U.S. Census Bureau released on April 16 new summary reports and data tables from the 2025 Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (ASPEP), providing a detailed look at state and local government employment across the United States.
The information is important for federal, state, and local governments as well as education and research organizations that use these statistics to compare employment levels and develop components of the gross domestic product.
According to the Census Bureau, the survey covers data on full- and part-time employees, full-time equivalent positions, and gross monthly payroll for March 2025. The statistics are broken down by governmental function such as financial administration, other government administration, highways, and air transportation.
The release includes an individual unit file containing all collected data items by code within ASPEP. This file provides responses at the level of individual governmental units along with descriptive information.
In addition to releasing new data for 2025, revised tables for both 2023 and 2024 have been made available. More details can be found at www.census.gov/programs-surveys/apes/data.html.
A graphic titled ‘Public Sector Employment per 10,000 People in Selected States: 2025’ was also published to show leading state and local government functions during that year.
