2005 Public Employment Data
State and Local Governments
TENNESSEE

Population Estimate (July 2005) 5,962,959

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

Total                                       321,954          0.85        960,467,305          0.65        539.92
Financial Administration                      7,101          6.31         22,233,996          5.94         11.91
Other Government Administration               4,962         11.94         15,669,622          8.28          8.32
Judicial and Legal                            6,464          1.98         21,870,388          2.21         10.84
Police Protection - Officers                 13,276          2.51         42,661,098          5.26         22.26
Police - Other                                4,272          6.70         12,296,509          4.75          7.16
Firefighters                                  6,323          1.40         24,834,123          0.82         10.60
Fire - Other                                    408          3.09          1,667,989          2.55          0.68
Correction                                   13,884          1.40         37,249,129          1.00         23.28
Highways                                     11,326          3.04         28,422,079          2.47         18.99
Air Transportation                              860          0.94          3,381,012          3.77          1.44
Water Transport & Terminals                       7          0.00             29,621          0.00          0.01
Public Welfare                                7,869          1.15         19,406,824          0.80         13.20
Health                                        7,494          1.28         22,124,227          1.21         12.57
Hospitals                                    30,247          0.30         94,279,509          0.25         50.72
Social Insurance Administration               1,598          0.00          4,478,332          0.00          2.68
Solid Waste Management                        4,252          4.18         10,721,570          3.36          7.13
Sewerage                                      1,767          4.63          5,369,374          3.87          2.96
Parks and Recreation                          4,518          4.58          9,629,026          3.96          7.58
Housing & Community Development               2,330          1.45          6,913,833          1.11          3.91
Natural Resources                             4,046          3.31         11,664,379          2.15          6.79
Water Supply                                  4,631          3.99         14,494,966          2.79          7.77
Electric Power                                5,580          0.28         25,169,901          0.24          9.36
Gas Supply                                    1,913          3.01          7,380,962          0.63          3.21
Transit                                       1,032          0.00          3,107,035          0.00          1.73
Elem & Sec Instructional                     90,566          2.16        298,343,182          1.85        151.88
Elem & Secondary - Other                     39,384          2.10         68,624,123          2.03         66.05
Higher Ed Instructional                      11,453          0.00         55,512,019          0.00         19.21
Higher Ed - Other                            22,569          0.00         60,038,327          0.00         37.85
Other Education                               2,099          0.00          6,668,465          0.00          3.52
Libraries                                     1,534          2.04          3,771,299          1.81          2.57
Liquor Stores                                     0          0.00                  0          0.00          0.00
Other and Unallocable                         8,189          6.83         22,454,386          5.17         13.73