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City, County, and State
Government Jobs
There is no single database of city, county, and state government jobs.
Your government job search should include the official sites of the government agencies in your area. There are also school districts, transportation authorities, municipal utilities, ports, and airports which may be listed as separate agencies. Most commercial websites charge for civil service job listings and government agencies don’t always have the money to list all job openings.
Municipal utilities offer some of the best government job opportunities.
Utilities provide a service that everyone needs (water and/or power) and their rate setting process typically provides job security. Plus, you may receive the same or better job and retirement benefits as you would receive from a typical government agency. Find job openings near you.
- American Public Power Association includes more than 1,400 of the 2,000 plus public power utilities in the country.
- The Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies has 400 plus member agencies serving areas with more than 100,000 in population.
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City, County, and State Government jobs in the 20 largest metropolitan areas in the US
Don’t live near one of the metropolitan areas below? Enter “the name of the city you want to work in” and “government” in the search box in the search box below. For example, enter “Tulsa government” and the official Tulsa site will be among your results. Go to the home page and look for open job listings or employment. Repeat for the “county” that you want to work in to search for county jobs and the same for the “state” to see the available state jobs.
Charlotte, North Carolina
Chicago, Illinois
Dallas, Texas
El Paso, Texas
Houston, Texas
Indianapolis, Indiana
Los Angeles, California
- City
- Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (Use filter to sort)
- Los Angeles Unified School District
- Los Angeles County
- State of California
New York, New York
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Phoenix, Arizona
- City
- Phoenix Water Services (see City)
- Phoenix Elementary School District #1
- Maricopa County
- State of Arizona
San Antonio, Texas
San Diego, California
San Francisco, California
San Jose, California