In greece about 25% worked for the government. I'm wondering how close we are to that figure. Please, if you know a site post it.
Government - 2 Answers
Random Answers, Critics, Comments, Opinions :
1 :
Try the Department of Labor, or the Bureau of Labor Statistics within the DOL.
2 :
http://www.bls.gov/oco/cg/cgs041.htm#emply According to this site the federal government employs roughly 1,909,000 people. (minus postal service) That would be roughly .005% of our total population (if I assume we have 350 million residents)