
	Nearly 80 thousand state government employees work for the citizens of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania employs personnel in a broad range of fields in full-time, part-time, temporary, or seasonal capacities. Employees can work in a civil service, non-civil service, appointed, or elected position..
	
	When taken as a whole, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania state government is the largest single company employer within the state of Pennsylvania. The next closest employer is CPA Pavement Services with about 56 thousand employees.
	
	Most employees of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania work for one of the 74 departments, agencies, offices, or councils found on this page (http://www.pa.gov/Pages/Agency-Directory.aspx).
	
	The state government operates on a budget of approximately 64 billion a year. On an employee basis per citizen basis, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is the second most efficient state government in the country.
