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On December 14, 2020, the Center for State and Local Government Excellence (SLGE) released two infographics: 1) Public Sector Employee Views on COVID-19: May 2020 vs. October 2020; and 2) K-12 Education Employee Views on COVID-19: March 2020 vs. October 2020. The surveys found that state and local government workers’ negative feelings about working in the public sector during the pandemic have increased from May 2020 to October 2020. Similarly, job satisfaction for K-12 public education employees has declined from 69% to 44% while work hours have increased from March 2020 to October 2020. These employees also report experiencing higher stress levels (63%) and burnout (54%) as compared to all other state and local workers (45% and 41%, respectively).

The information for the infographics is based on an online survey of full-time state and local government employees and K-12 public school employees conducted by Greenwald Research. In January 2021, SLGE expects to issue a full report with additional survey findings.

Further information and the infographics are available here.