NEWS for North Dakotans
Agriculture Communication, North Dakota State
University
7 Morrill Hall, Fargo, ND 58105-5665
February 26, 1998
North Dakota state and local government saw a 6.4 percent increase in full-time-equivalent employment and an 11.2 percent increase in total government employment between 1989 and 1995, according to the latest "Economic Brief" from the North Dakota State Data Center at North Dakota State University. Government employment as a percentage of total employment in the state, however, has been declining, dropping from 19.6 percent in 1989 to 16.8 percent in 1996.
Contributing to the rise in total government employment between 1989 and 1995 was a 5.8 percent increase in state employment and a 17.2 percent increase in local employment. Between 1993 and 1994, local government employment rose considerably, from 32,302 to 43,157, an increase of 33.6 percent. This was due to a 77 percent increase in part-time local government employment; full-time local employment saw little change.
"Part-time employment in North Dakota continues to increase at quickening pace," said Richard Rathge, director of the State Data Center. "Roughly 23 percent of the state's workforce is employed part-time, which ranks North Dakota third highest among the 50 states."
The functions of state and local government with the biggest percentage increase in full-time-equivalent employment from 1989 to 1995 were health, libraries and correction (87.3, 52.7, and 44.6 percent respectively). Areas with the largest percentage decline were gas supply and electric power (56.7 percent), social insurance administration (36.2 percent), and hospitals (26.3 percent).
[EDITORS: FOR FURTHER BREAKDOWNS OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT FIGURES, SEE YELLOW PUBLICATION FOLLOWING THIS STORY, "GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT IN NORTH DAKOTA, 1989-1995. THIS PUBLICATION IS ALSO AVAILABLE FROM THE STATE DATA CENTER, BOX 5636, NDSU, FARGO, ND 58105.]
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Source: Richard Rathge (701) 231-8621
Editor: Barry Brissman (701) 231-7866
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