Public Administration Careers

Public Administration Careers

What is A Public Administrator?

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, state and local governments employed approximately
8,000,000 people in 2006. Seven out of ten of these workers were employed in local governments. Jobs
in public administration made up more than half of all state and local government jobs. New public
administration jobs in state and local governments will be created in response to increasing consumer
demand for health services, protective services, and social services.

While public administration jobs in state and local government are expected to increase, jobs in public
administration support services are increasingly being outsourced. Outsourcing of these public
administration jobs does not necessarily mean that the overall number of such employment
opportunities will decrease, however, because unlike private sector outsourcing, the outsourcing of
public administration jobs is often handled by domestic companies that specialize in support services.
For the time being, public administration job rates are expected to hold steady.