> How can job gains be in government? By gaining more employees than they lost. > Does that mean size of government is growing? In the literal sense of incre

> How can job gains be in government? By gaining more employees than they lost. > Does that mean size of government is growing? In the literal sense of increasing staffing, yes. https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf > Government employment increased by 52,000 in December. Employment continued to trend up in local government (+37,000) and federal government (+7,000). Government added an average of 56,000 jobs per month in 2023, more than double the average monthly gain of 23,000 in 2022.