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Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for July 26, 2017
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July 26, 2017: According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), 15.3% of American workers are on the government payroll.[1]
The share of government employees is nearly twice as high in Norway (30.0%), Denmark (29.1%), and Sweden (28.6%). It is far lower in Germany (10.6%), South Korea (7.6%), and Japan (5.9%).[2]
Government employees in the U.S. provide a wide range of services. The largest numbers are hired by local governments, including positions such as teachers, firefighters, and police officers.
The United States also has 519,000 elected officials serving 87,576 governing bodies. Many of these officials are unpaid.
Each weekday, Scott Rasmussen’s Number of the Day explores interesting and newsworthy topics at the intersection of culture, politics, and technology.
- July 25, 2017 – 57 years ago today Greensboro lunch counter de-segregated
- July 24, 2017 – 121,000 pounds of cocaine seized by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents
- July 21, 2017 – 19 fatal airplane accidents in 2016; second-safest year ever
- July 20, 2017 – 12 men have walked on the moon
- July 19, 2017 – 9 countries surpass the U.S. in government trust ranking
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