Research Report
They Can’t All Be Teachers: NC Government Employment High and Rising
posted August 1, 2005 by Joseph Coletti
From 2000 to 2005, while 105,000 North Carolinians lost jobs in the private sector, state and local government payrolls grew by 46,000 — an increase of 8.2%, 16th largest in the nation. N.C. state and local governments now have 710 employees per 10,000 residents — more than any other state of similar size, including Massachusetts.