2003 Public Employment Data
State and Local Governments
ALASKA

Population Estimate (July, 2003) 648,818                                                                                                      Full-time
                                                                             Total                    Equivalent
                                         Full-time                           March                    Employment
                                         Equivalent           CV            Payroll            CV     per 10,000
Function                                 Employment           (%)             ($)              (%)    Population

Total                                        51,102          1.68        197,563,784          0.31        796.62
Financial administration                      1,929          4.42          7,765,956          2.93         30.07
Other government administration               1,384          9.77          5,187,380         10.78         21.58
Judicial and Legal                            1,312          0.00          5,876,257          0.11         20.45
Police with power of arrest                   1,280         12.55          6,670,082          9.23         19.95
Police - other                                  766         23.90          2,648,036         18.20         11.94
Firefighters                                    683          5.38          3,483,035          4.77         10.65
Fire - other                                     85          0.13            440,824          0.43          1.33
Correction                                    1,833          0.25          7,378,097          0.47         28.57
Highways                                      3,984          3.81         16,741,908          3.19         62.11
Air transportation                               84          0.00            268,638          0.00          1.31
Water transport and canals                      133         37.25            613,516         30.24          2.07
Public Welfare                                2,000          0.02          6,756,705          0.45         31.18
Health                                        1,180          3.49          4,909,209          1.73         18.39
Hospitals                                       862          0.00          3,715,562          0.00         13.44
Social insurance administration                 445          0.00          1,628,809          0.00          6.94
Solid waste management                          373         17.01          1,280,277         13.30          5.81
Sewerage                                        412          9.01          1,689,092          9.37          6.42
Parks and recreation                            663          1.34          1,943,627          5.00         10.34
Housing and community developmen                541         14.58          2,220,600          8.62          8.43
Natural resources                             2,316          0.00          9,001,287          0.00         36.10
Water supply                                    270         16.35          1,229,871         14.90          4.21
Electric power                                  518         10.45          2,576,105          4.57          8.08
Gas supply                                        0          0.00             32,561         56.26          0.00
Transit                                         245          0.00            978,268          0.00          3.82
Elem & Sec Instructional                     12,252          2.96         46,912,108          6.32        191.00
Elem & Sec - Other                            6,539          7.38         19,126,061          3.07        101.94
Higher Ed Instructional                       1,136          0.00          7,009,593          0.00         17.71
Higher Ed - Other                             3,790          0.00         12,419,166          0.00         59.08
Other education                                 428          0.00          1,625,703          0.00          6.67
Libraries                                       304         11.85          1,023,744          3.98          4.74
State liquor stores                               0          0.00                  0          0.00          0.00
All other and unallocable                     3,355          4.57         14,411,707          2.96         52.30