He's pretty clear in his blog post:
The public sector grew during Mr. Carter's term (up 1,304,000), during Mr. Reagan's terms (up 1,414,000), during Mr. G.H.W. Bush's term (up 1,127,000), during Mr. Clinton's terms (up 1,934,000), and during Mr. G.W. Bush's terms (up 1,744,000 jobs). However the public sector has declined significantly since Mr. Obama took office (down 710,000 jobs). These job losses have mostly been at the state and local level, but more recently at the Federal level. This has been a significant drag on overall employment.
Read more at http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2014/06/public-and-private-sector-payroll-jobs.html#TKuI0glbyjxfma2b.99
Here's Federal by itself:
mostly been at the state and local level, but more recently at the Federal levelAh, thanks --so McBrides's association of Presidents w/ public sector jobs is misleading and bogus because we can't say GHW Bush increased hiring by Yolo County California. Let's compare the quoted McBride numbers with the Fed's BLS numbers in your post and the OPM numbers in my post:
| |
Billy McBride |
BLS |
OPM |
| Carter |
1,304,000 |
110,000 |
-63,000 |
| Reagan |
1,414,000 |
197,000 |
350,000 |
| G.H.W. Bush |
1,127,000 |
-66,000 |
-358,000 |
| Clinton |
1,934,000 |
-339,000 |
-802,000 |
| G.W. Bush |
1,744,000 |
33,000 |
77,000 |
| Obama |
-710,000 |
-81,000 |
106,000 |
My thinking is that the BLS numbers are only civilian payroll --that would explain why they differ from OPM numbers..