2004 Public Employment Data State and Local Governments WASHINGTON Population Estimate (July 2004) 6,203,788 Full-time Total Equivalent Full-time March Employment Equivalent CV Payroll CV per 10,000 Function Employment (%) ($) (%) Population Total 322,991 0.36 1,290,416,108 0.39 520.64 Financial administration 8,433 2.14 34,750,040 1.62 13.59 Other government administration 6,835 7.22 30,602,117 11.24 11.02 Judicial and Legal 7,477 1.78 34,015,378 0.99 12.05 Persons with power of arrest 9,792 3.25 53,359,233 2.26 15.78 Police - Other 4,424 2.05 17,294,970 1.35 7.13 Firefighters 7,386 1.87 41,852,280 1.50 11.91 Fire - Other 948 2.02 4,598,433 1.01 1.53 Correction 13,604 1.12 48,972,157 0.97 21.93 Highways 14,064 1.59 60,176,247 1.47 22.67 Air transportation 1,608 0.00 7,019,227 0.00 2.59 Water transport and canals 1,069 0.00 5,643,006 0.00 1.72 Public Welfare 9,966 0.45 39,299,463 0.39 16.06 Health 9,476 2.22 35,630,562 1.65 15.27 Hospitals 21,066 0.62 81,837,183 0.24 33.96 Social insurance administration 4,122 0.00 14,901,524 0.00 6.64 Solid waste management 1,905 4.04 7,527,582 2.96 3.07 Sewerage 3,530 3.54 15,823,162 2.48 5.69 Parks and recreation 6,511 3.60 21,558,397 3.61 10.50 Housing and community developmen 2,606 2.11 9,548,943 2.14 4.20 Natural resources 6,513 2.38 23,853,907 1.21 10.50 Water supply 3,514 4.29 15,142,191 3.85 5.66 Electric power 8,024 0.17 44,078,049 0.17 12.93 Gas supply 32 0.00 135,948 0.00 0.05 Transit 7,563 0.00 29,672,056 0.00 12.19 Elem & Sec Instructional 70,324 0.87 288,648,150 0.93 113.36 Elem & Sec - Other 27,427 0.81 88,252,080 0.79 44.21 Higher Ed Instructional 14,262 0.00 73,651,862 0.00 22.99 Higher Ed - Other 33,546 0.00 100,135,521 0.00 54.07 Other education 2,120 0.00 7,940,855 0.00 3.42 Libraries 3,488 2.06 11,236,516 2.06 5.62 State liquor stores 766 0.00 2,195,346 0.00 1.23 All other and unallocable 10,590 2.91 41,063,723 2.52 17.07