The shift in public sector hiring over the past two years also created a rare role reversal in which state and local government employment growth outpaced the private sector’s rate—a ...

Cities and counties are still struggling to regain pre-pandemic employment levels. New approaches to hiring and retention could help fill the gap.

The jobs report shows local governments going on a hiring spree. Did they? It turns out there was not a surge in hiring. Instead, the seasonal adjustment to the data, meant to account for schools ...

The public sector added 73,000 jobs in June, a surprising gain driven by state and local government hiring. State government payrolls rose by 47,000 last month, driven largely by hiring in education.