slgemp: State and local government employment.

In donboyd5/bdata: Boyd data

Description

State and local government employment (state-local, state, local), annual, 1979-2013. Includes 50 states, DC, and US. Still in early stages of development.

Usage

slgemp

Format

Data frame with 1 row per state per level (State-local, state, local), per variable, per year.

stabbr

State postal abbreviation, factor

year

year of data - can be March or October of year, see Census documentation, numeric

level

Level of government: slg, sg, lg, character

fcode

function code, character

fname

function name, character

vtype

Variable type (emp.ft, emp.pt, emp.tot, emp.fte, pay.ft, pay.pt, pay.tot, hrs.pt), character

value

# of employees in thousands or monthly pay in dollars, numeric

Source

Bureau of the Census. Primarily http://www.census.gov/govs/apes/historical_data.html for recent history, and http://www2.census.gov/pub/outgoing/govs/special60/ for older history.

Examples

  head(slgemp)

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