Employment in Federal Government excluding Postal Service, seasonally adjusted, from Current Employment Statistics survey, January 1958-December 1999 Thousands of employees Jan-58 1615 Feb-58 1614 Mar-58 1614 Apr-58 1617 May-58 1622 Jun-58 1628 Jul-58 1630 Aug-58 1636 Sep-58 1639 Oct-58 1642 Nov-58 1640 Dec-58 1644 Jan-59 1661 Feb-59 1655 Mar-59 1652 Apr-59 1650 May-59 1650 Jun-59 1651 Jul-59 1652 Aug-59 1654 Sep-59 1654 Oct-59 1661 Nov-59 1679 Dec-59 1680 Jan-60 1641 Feb-60 1639 Mar-60 1816 Apr-60 1812 May-60 1694 Jun-60 1657 Jul-60 1652 Aug-60 1660 Sep-60 1660 Oct-60 1658 Nov-60 1652 Dec-60 1657 Jan-61 1653 Feb-61 1654 Mar-61 1657 Apr-61 1658 May-61 1670 Jun-61 1674 Jul-61 1683 Aug-61 1697 Sep-61 1704 Oct-61 1711 Nov-61 1711 Dec-61 1714 Jan-62 1715 Feb-62 1719 Mar-62 1722 Apr-62 1725 May-62 1735 Jun-62 1745 Jul-62 1751 Aug-62 1757 Sep-62 1754 Oct-62 1755 Nov-62 1764 Dec-62 1762 Jan-63 1760 Feb-63 1763 Mar-63 1761 Apr-63 1763 May-63 1764 Jun-63 1757 Jul-63 1755 Aug-63 1756 Sep-63 1761 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