The local and state government workforce had a much slower recovery following the Great Recession than the private sector

Annual percentage change in nonfarm employment since 2008, by industry

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, "Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (National): All employees, thousands, local government, not seasonally adjusted," available at https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CEU9093000001 (last accessed February 2022); U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, "Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (National): All employees, thousands, state government, not seasonally adjusted," available at https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CEU9092000001 (last accessed February 2022); U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, "Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey: All employees, thousands, total private, not seasonally adjusted," available at https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CEU0500000001 (last accessed February 2022).