FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT BY FUNCTION: MARCH 2000 Payroll in whole dollars. Total Total Full-Time March Function Employees Employees Payroll TOTAL-ALL FUNCTIONS 2,899,363 2,425,898 11,484,971,535 Financial Administration 136,783 126,722 546,557,679 Other Government Administration 22,249 21,100 91,561,679 Judicial and Legal 56,222 53,086 298,315,321 Police 105,638 102,882 559,166,929 Correction 31,662 31,540 127,630,321 Highways 3,367 3,302 19,693,857 Air Transportation 48,954 48,349 366,005,929 Water Transport & Terminals 4,999 4,731 15,939,250 Public Welfare 9,028 8,707 47,331,500 Health 130,498 120,362 632,669,036 Hospitals 145,061 128,304 640,431,214 Social Insurance Administration 65,479 62,311 284,850,143 Parks and Recreation 24,882 23,273 91,918,321 Housing & Community Development 16,694 16,392 81,866,571 Natural Resources 183,315 173,922 823,448,571 Nat Defense/International Relat 695,045 675,225 2,792,886,250 Postal Service 864,764 671,580 3,046,508,393 Space Research & Technology 18,427 18,067 111,454,964 Other Education* 11,049 10,405 52,078,893 Libraries 4,367 4,041 20,810,964 Other and Unallocable 320,880 121,597 833,845,750 * Includes Department of Education and the National Science Foundation, plus parts of the Bureau of Indian Affairs