According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than 1.8 million civilians work for the Federal Government, excluding the Post Office. Below is a link to the relevant BLS website, lots of good information. http://www.bls.gov/oco/cg/cgs041.htm
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Mix in the numbers of postal workers and military personnel on the federal payroll and the "true size" of the federal government stands at 14.6 million employees. Paul C. Light, a government professor at New York University told this to the Washington Post late last fall.
The US government is made up of many different divisions and occupations on the state and federal levels. The US government employs over 2.7 million people.
According to the Department of Labor's web site, "With more than 1.8 million civilian employees, the Federal Government, excluding the Postal Service is the Nation's largest employer."
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Patronage, the giving of government jobs to people who had helped a candidate get elected, was a problem because the employees given these jobs were many times not qualified for the political position. They many times used their new position for personal gain.
County Government employees. -Brittany Goraczkowski
Federal law forbids the military and government employees to strike, and the military is further forbidden to form unions. Similar to police and fireman being declared essential employees and not allowed to strike, government employees and the Armed Forces are equally 'essential.'