Government Employment

Which statement best explains Government Employment in New York State?

• Government payroll employment should be separated analytically from government value added and from total public expenditure.
• Primary-source preference does not eliminate the need to understand definitions, because Census, BEA, BLS, USDA, and state agencies measure different concepts.
• New York’s sectoral profile should be analyzed as a set of regional economies rather than inferred solely from New York City’s finance sector.
• Time-sensitive claims about population, employment, agriculture, and GDP should include date, period, source agency, and whether values are estimates, counts, preliminary data, or revised data.