2006 Public Employment Data Local Governments United States Total Total Full-time March Equivalent Total Payroll Full-time Response March Response Equivalent CV Rate Payroll CV Rate Function Employment (%) (%) ($) (%) (%) Total 11,885,145 0.36 75.00 43,971,727,456 0.36 74.91 Financial Administration 223,320 0.80 73.82 839,028,162 0.70 73.99 Other Government Administration 231,747 1.25 75.33 893,604,498 1.02 75.06 Judicial and Legal 249,553 0.56 75.14 1,030,935,842 0.43 76.58 Police Protection - Officers 620,411 0.39 75.86 3,037,375,408 0.36 76.18 Police - Other 194,342 0.73 72.47 670,466,911 0.59 72.87 Firefighters 301,550 0.65 75.28 1,537,272,353 0.49 75.26 Fire - Other 26,162 1.80 75.18 110,987,705 1.39 75.12 Correction 249,551 0.46 75.99 931,460,277 0.36 77.41 Highways 306,904 0.84 72.90 1,066,037,179 0.88 73.23 Air Transportation 42,575 1.13 77.02 180,683,986 0.92 77.48 Water Transport & Terminals 7,280 0.62 86.36 36,290,264 0.46 85.39 Public Welfare 278,870 0.58 77.91 942,776,102 0.54 78.33 Health 250,163 0.60 75.51 911,273,331 0.46 76.32 Hospitals 530,045 0.19 74.71 2,056,323,029 0.18 75.88 Social Insurance Administration 0 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 Solid Waste Management 107,506 1.15 76.34 367,075,225 0.82 77.84 Sewerage 125,795 1.04 77.95 499,855,976 0.86 78.04 Parks and Recreation 233,213 1.01 74.92 695,286,241 0.88 74.81 Housing & Community Development 114,100 0.57 82.85 435,015,454 0.63 82.82 Natural Resources 41,715 2.49 79.23 146,106,718 1.99 79.27 Water Supply 165,221 1.11 77.19 650,179,913 0.98 77.60 Electric Power 73,580 0.59 78.25 393,266,641 0.32 78.75 Gas Supply 12,632 0.83 74.73 45,790,032 0.48 71.02 Transit 195,656 0.28 84.86 867,721,556 0.21 86.97 Elem & Sec Instructional 4,580,028 0.54 74.26 18,081,333,583 0.58 73.33 Elem & Secondary - Other 2,016,355 1.06 73.00 4,893,985,015 1.21 71.60 Higher Ed Instructional 135,048 0.00 82.38 721,989,340 0.00 80.93 Higher Ed - Other 185,565 0.00 81.50 599,028,182 0.00 81.84 Other Education 0 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 Local Libraries 128,080 0.87 79.21 376,381,535 0.72 78.39 Liquor Stores 0 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 Other and Unallocable 258,178 1.16 74.67 954,196,998 1.03 75.94