public sector jobs
State-funded positions
Public sector jobs are positions within government or government-funded organizations—federal, state, or local agencies, public schools, hospitals, and utilities.
The term contrasts with private sector employment: She left corporate law for a public sector job at the district attorney's office.
Public sector work often emphasizes job security and benefits over higher private-sector salaries.
- government employeeState workforce member
- civil serviceGovernment's administrative workforce
- police officerLaw enforcement agent
- civil engineerPublic works designer
- city plannerMunicipal layout architect
epidemiologist · university professor · social worker · firefighter · librarian · nutritionist · sanitation worker · paramedic · building inspector · compliance officer · tax auditor · park ranger · school counselor · corrections officer · environmental scientist · postal worker · court clerk · city hall
- labor economicsjob market, labor supply, labor demand, employment rates, unemployment rates
- civil servicecivil servants, bureaucrat, civil servant, administrator, clerk
- government employmentfederal employees, government salaries, pay grades, job classification, staffing
- workplace equityequal opportunity, pay equity, fair employment, fair hiring, fair treatment
- disability employmentdisability inclusion, reasonable accommodation, workplace accessibility, ADA, accommodations
- labor rightsworker rights, labor laws, union rights, employee rights, right to strike
public sector jobsfreelance work
Self-directed paid projects
gig work · self-employment · at-will employment · entrepreneurship
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