state employment

Public sector work

State employment is work for a government entity—federal, state, or local—rather than a private company.

The term covers teachers, police officers, administrators, and other public-sector workers: She left private practice for state employment.

State employment typically offers job security and benefits but may pay less than comparable private positions.

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employer sector

state employmentprivate enterprise

Individually owned business operation

self-employment · entrepreneurship · freelancing · private practice · freelance work

employment status

state employmentunemployment

Being without paid work

joblessness · retirement

Family

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