Government employees in the United States

In the United States, government employees includes the U.S. federal civil service, employees of the state governments, and employees of local governments.^{[citation needed]}

Government employees are not necessarily the same as civil servants, as some jurisdictions specifically define which employees are civil servants; for example, it often excludes military employees.^[1]

The federal government is the nation's single largest employer, although it employs only about 12% of all government employees, compared to 24% at the state level and 63% at the local level.^[2]