According to this data if read correctly, there were 1,572,855 retired federal employees. This was as of 2006 year end.
Source-http://www.opm.gov/feddata/RetirementPaperFinal_v4.pdf
There are also currently over 1,300,000 retired military personnel receiving a pension.
The federal government provides grants for the programs, but the employees are not federal employees.
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Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA) provides compensation benefits to federal employees who are:
Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA) provides compensation benefits to federal employees who are:
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Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA) provides compensation benefits to federal employees who are:
Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA) provides compensation benefits to federal employees who are:
Amtrak is a publicly funded corporation, created by the federal government, but it operates as a for-profit entity. While many of its employees are considered federal workers due to the government’s involvement, Amtrak itself is not classified as a federal agency. Employees may benefit from some federal job-related perks, but they are not federal employees in the traditional sense.
I just heard that there are 20,000 employees in the Federal Reserve system! That is insane!! No wonder why we are 14 trillion in debt, with this many people employed in a quasi-governmental body!!
As of the end of fiscal year 2022, approximately 44,000 federal employees were covered by the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS), accounting for about 1.6% of the civilian federal workforce. The majority, approximately 98.4%, were covered by the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS)
Another term for Federal employees is bureaucrats.