government workers
State-employed personnel
Government workers are people employed by the state at any level—federal, state, or local.
The term covers everyone from postal carriers to senators, though it often implies bureaucratic or administrative roles rather than elected officials.
Government workers process thousands of applications daily.
The phrase sometimes carries a dismissive tone, suggesting inefficiency or bloated payrolls.
- public servantGovernment worker serving citizens
- police officerLaw enforcement agent
- secretaryAdministrative office aide
- desk jobSeated indoor employment
- paper pusherClerical worker doing routine tasks
red tape · budget cuts · park ranger · policy advisor · civil engineer · health inspector · teacher · judge · urban planner · mayor · corrections officer · statistician · nurse · detective · prosecutor · software developer · senator · security guard
- HRhiring, human resources, recruiting, HR, onboarding
- civil servicecivil servants, bureaucrat, civil servant, administrator, clerk
- federal employmentfederal jobs, federal employees, federal workforce, civil servants, civil service exam
- public servicecivil servant, civil servants, public servants, public servant, state employee
- public unionspublic sector unions, municipal unions, civil servants, teacher unions, police unions
- pension recipientsmilitary retirees, annuitants, civil servants
government workerscorporate employees
Business organization's hired workers
self-employed · entrepreneurs · freelancers · independent contractors · sole proprietors
government, governments, governmental, governmentally, govern, governs, governed, governing, governor