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Government & Public Sector: jobs, conferences and layoffs

Federal, state and local government agencies. Government & Public Sector has about 15,748 verified open jobs on NextChapter right now, with a typical posted salary of $110,000 a year. About 34% of openings are entry or early-career level. Payroll employment in the closest BLS sector is down 0.9% over the past year (September 2026). 39 WARN layoff notices were filed in the last 12 months. 208 conferences are tagged to it, 154 with dates announced.

Government & Public Sector market snapshot

Every figure names its source and period. Estimates are labeled as estimates.

Verified open jobs
about 15,748

Source: NextChapter job data, jobs verified live in the last 7 days.

Typical posted salary
$110,000 a year (middle half $86,000 to $145,000)

Source: NextChapter job data: salary ranges employers posted, midpoint of each range, 2,492 of the newest 5,000 verified open jobs.

Entry or early-career level
34% of openings

Source: NextChapter job data: level read from the full posting, newest 5,000 verified open jobs.

Ask for AI skills
2% of openings

Source: NextChapter job data: AI-skill tagger on the posting text, newest 5,000 verified open jobs.

Remote
2% of openings

Source: NextChapter job data, newest 5,000 verified open jobs.

Employment, year over year
−0.9% in government, the closest BLS sector

Source: BLS Current Employment Statistics, seasonally adjusted payroll employment, September 2026.

WARN layoff notices, Government & Public Sector
39 notices naming 2,612 workers

Source: State WARN filings collected by NextChapter, last 12 months.

States with the most notices
CA (19), DC (6), VA (3)

Source: State WARN filings collected by NextChapter, last 12 months.

Most recent notice
Sep 25, 2026

Source: State WARN filings collected by NextChapter.

Conferences in the catalog for Government & Public Sector
208, 154 with dates announced

Source: NextChapter conference catalog, checked against each event’s own site.

Next conference
IACP Annual Conference and Exposition, Oct 24, 2026

Source: NextChapter conference catalog.

Median published ticket price
$690

Source: NextChapter conference catalog, lowest published price, 45 conferences with a price.

Open calls for speakers
24 conferences

Source: NextChapter conference catalog.

Skills most often named in openings

  1. 1. procurement5%
  2. 2. project management4%
  3. 3. logistics4%
  4. 4. audit3%
  5. 5. excel3%
  6. 6. budgeting3%
  7. 7. onboarding3%
  8. 8. php2%

States with the most openings

  1. 1. CA10%
  2. 2. VA9%
  3. 3. TX8%
  4. 4. NY7%
  5. 5. FL7%

Open Government & Public Sector jobs

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Functions hiring in this industry

Employers hiring

Government & Public Sector conferences

Dates, costs, calls for speakers and who runs each one.

Showing 60 of 208 conferences, 154 with dates announced.

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