I'm a federal employee.

我是一个联邦雇员。

I'm a federal employee. I work for the Department of Labor.

我是一名联邦雇员。我在劳动部门工作。

Am I going to be a federal employee for the next 30 years?

未来30年我能否成为一个联邦雇员？

And, anyway, employee pay is only a small fraction of federal expenses; even cutting the payroll in half would reduce total spending less than 3 percent.

不管怎么说，雇员工资只占联邦开支很小一部分；即便将工资削减一半，整个开支只减少不到3%。

The 1,800-employee Federal Communications Commission and the 1,200-employee Federal Trade Commission didn't lay off or fire a single employee last year.

上一年，雇有1800名员工的联邦通信委员会和雇有1200名员工的联邦贸易委员会没有裁掉或是解雇任何员工。