According to OECD data, China has an estimated 69.2 million public sector employees, including both general government employees and state-owned enterprise workers, with the civilian government workforce estimated at around 32.9 million people.
Key points about Chinese government employees:
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Around 35.4 million are considered "general government" employees, while the remaining are primarily state-owned enterprise workers.As of November 2024, there were just over 3 million federal employees in the United States. This number includes the more than 600,000 people who work for the U.S. Postal Service. It does not include the roughly 1.3 million active-duty military personnel.
