state employees
Public sector staff
State employees are workers employed by a state government rather than the federal government or private sector.
The term covers a wide range of positions—teachers, highway workers, prison guards, administrative staff, and more.
State employees typically receive government benefits and pensions: The governor proposed a pay freeze for state employees.
State employees staged a walkout to protest budget cuts.
- civil serviceGovernment's administrative workforce
- government workerPublic sector employee
- clerkOffice record-keeper
- pensionRetiree's ongoing benefit
- departmentDistinct unit within organization
administrator · police officer · agency · nurse · office · seniority · bureaucrats · public safety · grievance procedure · collective bargaining · furlough · job security · hiring freeze · budget cuts · teacher · public servants · merit system · union
- government workerscivil servants, federal workers, civil servant, bureaucrat, municipal workers
- East GermansAngela Merkel, party officials, border guards, Olympic athletes, Olympic champions
- state governmentgovernor's office, legislature, lieutenant governor, attorney general, departments
- governancegovernance, government, democracy, vote, parliament
- personnelemployee, worker, team member, managers, supervisors
- state budgetsappropriations, allocations, general fund, operating budget, capital budget
state employeesself-employed
Working independently, not hired
independent contractors · freelancers · entrepreneurs · sole proprietors · business owners