It offers positions for everyone from high school graduates to PhDs, while state and local governments employ another 7.3 million Americans. You may think every bureaucrat on the planet works inside the Washington, DC Beltway, but a surprising four out of five federal employees actually work outside the DC metropolitan area. So chances are, there's a good federal job near your home. Plus, the federal government loves finance types. It hires accountants and auditor to prepare and analyze financial reports as well as to review and record revenues and expenses.
Auditors investigate agencies and programs, looking for fraud or waste.
Tax examiners determine and collect taxes from businesses and citizens. Purchasing agents buy supplies, and management analysts figure out how to do it all better. Some of these positions are even available on a part-time basis. Government pay is respectable, if not spectacular. Despite the attraction of federal jobs, states may actually be more likely employers.