Employment by the Federal Government reversed a four-year downward trend by adding 51 jobs because of an increase of 733 Postal Workers. Though the average annual Federal wage increased by only $293 to $43,240, it still exceeded the average State Government wage by $7,901 and the average Local Government wage by $14,715.

The second largest sector within Federal Government is Administration of Environmental Quality and Housing Programs at 9,295, which declined by 204 jobs. The decline was due to a 207 job decline in Land, Mineral, Wildlife Conservation, which has declined by 2,859 over five years to 8,136.