2004 Public Employment Data
State and Local Governments
United States Total

Population Estimate (July 2004) 293,101,881

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

Total                                    15,788,784          0.13     55,914,918,890          0.11        538.68
Financial administration                    388,507          0.41      1,375,676,187          0.33         13.26
Other government administration             276,094          0.86      1,014,741,761          0.77          9.42
Judicial and Legal                          409,944          0.28      1,657,662,519          0.19         13.99
Persons with power of arrest                663,986          0.43      3,054,554,312          0.40         22.65
Police - Other                              228,440          0.52        741,957,717          0.33          7.79
Firefighters                                293,314          0.65      1,383,332,734          0.46         10.01
Fire - Other                                 25,734          1.44        101,209,898          1.17          0.88
Correction                                  701,905          0.13      2,405,275,275          0.09         23.95
Highways                                    542,642          0.41      1,827,948,418          0.39         18.51
Air transportation                           44,096          0.74        177,842,729          0.59          1.50
Water transport and canals                   11,819          0.17         53,212,384          0.10          0.40
Public Welfare                              498,092          0.30      1,596,847,637          0.28         16.99
Health                                      424,158          0.42      1,476,925,076          0.35         14.47
Hospitals                                   912,496          0.04      3,196,089,933          0.04         31.13
Social insurance administration              89,557          0.00        314,893,720          0.00          3.06
Solid waste management                      108,882          1.07        352,925,559          0.69          3.71
Sewerage                                    126,136          1.02        470,594,096          0.90          4.30
Parks and recreation                        262,815          0.88        729,356,513          0.71          8.97
Housing and community developmen            114,281          0.48        408,909,584          0.66          3.90
Natural resources                           186,006          0.40        638,875,040          0.28          6.35
Water supply                                162,251          0.95        588,381,801          0.86          5.54
Electric power                               78,776          0.63        391,561,342          0.40          2.69
Gas supply                                   10,781          0.85         36,920,241          0.41          0.37
Transit                                     231,897          0.09        996,643,097          0.07          7.91
Elem & Sec Instructional                  4,487,240          0.31     16,864,616,365          0.29        153.09
Elem & Sec  - Other                       1,986,185          0.46      4,591,571,296          0.51         67.76
Higher Ed Instructional                     629,743          0.00      3,318,132,079          0.00         21.49
Higher Ed - Other                         1,219,254          0.00      3,773,189,390          0.00         41.60
Other education                              89,557          0.00        322,678,543          0.00          3.06
Local Libraries                             126,201          0.79        346,658,993          0.66          4.31
State liquor stores                           7,215          0.00         19,011,566          0.00          0.25
All other and unallocable                   450,780          0.50      1,686,723,085          0.46         15.38