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Government & Public Sector: jobs, conferences and layoffs

Federal, state and local government agencies. Government & Public Sector has about 13,951 verified open jobs on NextChapter right now, with a typical posted salary of $84,000 a year. About 49% of openings are entry or early-career level. Payroll employment in the closest BLS sector is down 0.2% over the past year (October 2026). 41 layoff notices were filed in the last 12 months. 230 conferences are tagged to it, 163 with dates announced.

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Government & Public Sector market snapshot

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Verified open jobs
about 13,951

Source: NextChapter job data, jobs verified live in the last 7 days.

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Typical posted salary
$84,000 a year (middle half $78,000 to $118,000)

Source: NextChapter job data: salary ranges employers posted, midpoint of each range, 2,377 of the newest 5,000 verified open jobs.

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Entry or early-career level
49% of openings

Source: NextChapter job data: level read from the full posting, newest 5,000 verified open jobs.

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Ask for AI skills
1% of openings

Source: NextChapter job data: AI-skill tagger on the posting text, newest 5,000 verified open jobs.

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Remote
2% of openings

Source: NextChapter job data, newest 5,000 verified open jobs.

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Employment, year over year
−0.2% in government, the closest BLS sector

Source: BLS Current Employment Statistics, seasonally adjusted payroll employment, October 2026.

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Job openings rate
3.6% of jobs, against 3.1% a year earlier (government, the closest BLS sector)

Source: BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, seasonally adjusted, September 2026.

Layoffs and discharges rate
0.4% of employment, against 0.3% a year earlier (government, the closest BLS sector)

Source: BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, seasonally adjusted, September 2026.

Hires rate
1.4% of employment, against 1.5% a year earlier (government, the closest BLS sector)

Source: BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, seasonally adjusted, September 2026.

Layoff notices, Government & Public Sector
41 notices naming 2,922 workers

Source: State WARN filings collected by NextChapter, last 12 months.

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States with the most notices
CA (19), DC (6), VA (4)

Source: State WARN filings collected by NextChapter, last 12 months.

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Most recent notice
Oct 30, 2026

Source: State WARN filings collected by NextChapter.

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Conferences in the catalog for Government & Public Sector
230, 163 with dates announced

Source: NextChapter conference catalog, checked against each event’s own site.

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Next conference
IAEM Annual Conference & EMEX, Nov 6, 2026

Source: NextChapter conference catalog.

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Median published ticket price
$650

Source: NextChapter conference catalog, lowest published price, 47 conferences with a price.

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Open calls for speakers
25 conferences

Source: NextChapter conference catalog.

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Skills most often named in openings

  1. 1. procurement4%
  2. 2. excel3%
  3. 3. project management3%
  4. 4. logistics3%
  5. 5. litigation2%
  6. 6. budgeting2%
  7. 7. audit2%
  8. 8. onboarding2%

States with the most openings

  1. 1. VA10%
  2. 2. FL8%
  3. 3. NY7%
  4. 4. TX7%
  5. 5. CA7%

What Government & Public Sector pays

Advertised pay on live postings that state it, annual in US dollars.

  • Government: median $99,500, middle half $77,500 to $129,500 (7,331 postings).

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Government & Public Sector outlook: Steady

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics numbers, not from our own postings. It describes the industry nationally, not any one employer.

  • Employment down 0.2% over the year in government
  • Job openings rate 3.6%, up 0.5 points from a year ago
  • Layoffs rate 0.4%, up 0.1 points from a year ago

Where Government & Public Sector ranks

Where Government & Public Sector placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.

November 2026

Open Government & Public Sector jobs

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Government & Public Sector conferences

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Government & Public Sector layoffs by state

Layoff notices filed in the last 12 months.

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