2003 Public Employment Data
State and Local Governments
United States Total

Population Estimate (July, 2003) 290,809,777

                                                                                                      Full-time
                                                                             Total                    Equivalent
                                         Full-time                           March                    Employment
                                         Equivalent           CV            Payroll            CV     per 10,000
Function                                 Employment           (%)             ($)              (%)    Population

Total                                    15,760,451          0.10     54,522,019,079          0.10        547.28
Financial administration                    385,717          0.43      1,338,779,504          0.30         13.39
Other government administration             277,119          0.55        992,342,017          0.41          9.62
Judicial and Legal                          407,723          0.27      1,615,879,528          0.23         14.16
Police with power of arrest                 665,615          0.21      3,056,162,580          0.19         23.11
Police - other                              229,103          0.54        728,064,291          0.28          7.96
Firefighters                                286,693          0.44      1,345,626,293          0.29          9.96
Fire - other                                 24,453          1.49         96,433,778          1.11          0.85
Correction                                  699,963          0.12      2,360,877,618          0.09         24.31
Highways                                    545,617          0.32      1,836,023,692          0.36         18.95
Air transportation                           44,334          0.19        176,519,182          0.08          1.54
Water transport and canals                   11,644          0.91         48,520,768          1.11          0.40
Public Welfare                              508,103          0.14      1,597,069,559          0.14         17.64
Health                                      430,756          0.23      1,459,958,052          0.21         14.96
Hospitals                                   909,920          0.15      3,101,266,968          0.13         31.60
Social insurance administration              89,722          0.00        309,145,805          0.00          3.12
Solid waste management                      111,786          0.71        364,269,438          0.71          3.88
Sewerage                                    126,099          0.52        465,732,527          0.42          4.38
Parks and recreation                        261,787          0.31        703,289,425          0.21          9.09
Housing and community developmen            118,107          0.89        405,303,138          0.81          4.10
Natural resources                           186,190          0.58        626,427,171          0.55          6.47
Water supply                                160,266          0.53        574,936,374          0.42          5.57
Electric power                               79,085          0.46        381,957,965          0.39          2.75
Gas supply                                   10,845          1.71         36,751,463          1.25          0.38
Transit                                     233,434          0.11        973,823,017          0.05          8.11
Elem & Sec Instructional                  4,484,166          0.24     16,313,672,980          0.24        155.71
Elem & Sec - Other                        1,963,264          0.37      4,428,670,458          0.37         68.17
Higher Ed Instructional                     625,652          0.00      3,205,018,752          0.00         21.73
Higher Ed - Other                         1,201,951          0.00      3,613,217,571          0.00         41.74
Other education                              93,665          0.00        328,357,484          0.00          3.25
Local Libraries                             125,094          0.42        336,728,599          0.46          4.34
State liquor stores                           7,226          0.00         19,148,986          0.00          0.25
All other and unallocable                   455,352          0.31      1,682,044,096          0.23         15.81