December 03, 2013
Maryland
and Virginia are among the top five states in the nation in the dubious
competition for most government-financed employment, according to a new
economic study.
It turns out Virginia, Maryland’s closest fierce competitor
for business, edges out Maryland in most categories for taxpayer-funded
jobs, according to a study conducted by Keith Hall,
former commissioner of the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. He is
now a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center of the George Mason
University.
Maryland ranks fifth in the nation for the number of
public-sector and federal contract jobs as a percentage of total jobs at
27.3%, but Virginia ranks second at 29.8%, with New Mexico topping the
charts at 31.9% due its military bases, defense laboratories and federal
lands. (See map.)
Read more: http://marylandreporter.com/2013/12/03/md-va-among-top-five-states-for-government-funded-jobs/#ixzz2mYwtQPcu
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