I have found precisely the information that you need in a report
prepared by a group called "Independent Sector," a Washington
organization that represents charities and charitable foundations.
This report reflects figures from 2001, the latest data available from
the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. A more detailed breakdown of
these figures, and some useful charts, may be found elsewhere in the
report, linked below.
(When computing these percentages from the data, I have rounded to the
nearest percentage.)
Total number of US workers:
131,800,000
For profit organizations:
98,400,000 workers (75% of the total workforce)
Not for profit organizations:
12,500,000 workers ( 9% of the total workforce)
Government:
20,900,000 workers (16% of the total workforce)
Independent Sector: Employment in the Nonprofit Sector
http://www.independentsector.org/PDFs/npemployment.pdf
Here you'll find another article based upon the same statistics:
The Chronicle of Philanthropy Managing: From the issue dated June 10, 2004
http://philanthropy.com/free/articles/v16/i17/17003701.htm
This was the Google search string that gave me the best results:
Google Web Search: "united states" employed government "not for
profit" OR nonprofit
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=%22united+states%22+employed+government+%22not+for+profit%22+OR+nonprofit
I hope this is helpful. If anything is unclear, please request
clarification; I'll gladly offer further assistance before you rate my
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