2007 Public Employment Data Local Governments United States Total Revised December 2009 SOURCE: 2007 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Employment and Payroll. For information on sampling and nonsampling errors and definitions, see http://www.census.gov/govs/apes/how_data_collected.html. Data users who create their own estimates from these tables should cite the U.S. Census Bureau as the source of the original data only. Total Full-time Part-time Full-Time March Full-time pay Part-time pay Equivalent Pay Government Function employees ($) employees ($) Employment ($) Total 10,906,292 43,024,969,791 3,279,330 3,342,775,108 12,146,947 46,367,744,899 Financial Administration 212,732 852,972,167 41,621 35,116,176 224,716 888,088,343 Other Government Administration 199,253 817,110,915 162,857 77,333,770 223,332 894,444,685 Judicial and Legal 238,491 1,033,927,876 32,222 40,281,822 250,407 1,074,209,698 Police Protection Total 787,616 3,788,653,784 100,939 102,886,703 826,594 3,891,540,487 Police Officers Only 610,361 3,137,843,652 37,085 44,644,379 624,873 3,182,488,031 Other Police Employees 177,255 650,810,132 63,854 58,242,324 201,721 709,052,456 Fire Protection Total 319,361 1,709,193,259 98,017 39,450,778 336,693 1,748,644,037 Firefighters Only 294,292 1,596,060,588 88,824 33,059,648 309,463 1,629,120,236 Other Fire Employees 25,069 113,132,671 9,193 6,391,130 27,230 119,523,801 Corrections 252,952 983,160,247 14,746 18,478,336 260,195 1,001,638,583 Highways 291,678 1,072,484,305 24,385 22,944,175 301,143 1,095,428,480 Air Transportation 42,449 190,863,537 3,650 4,402,562 44,167 195,266,099 Water Transport and Terminals 7,346 36,914,794 1,030 1,039,267 7,743 37,954,061 Public Welfare 262,575 936,267,275 40,365 51,591,007 283,493 987,858,282 Health 226,158 864,709,919 56,717 82,076,987 251,485 946,786,906 Hospitals 494,855 2,026,209,632 139,136 291,832,502 572,258 2,318,042,134 Social Insurance Administration 462 2,232,192 0 0 462 2,232,192 Solid Waste Management 102,458 360,284,385 14,088 12,459,623 108,961 372,744,008 Sewerage 124,066 508,663,104 9,235 7,666,306 126,584 516,329,410 Parks and Recreation 165,532 569,786,215 201,716 144,118,650 236,991 713,904,865 Housing and Community Development 108,220 411,219,846 12,376 13,329,639 113,466 424,549,485 Natural Resources 35,979 133,802,616 8,728 6,940,805 38,822 140,743,421 Water Supply 161,716 659,391,043 15,269 12,529,965 166,150 671,921,008 Electric Power 72,816 397,899,086 2,808 4,685,161 74,212 402,584,247 Gas Supply 12,218 46,209,932 354 460,497 12,343 46,670,429 Transit 194,071 885,402,197 16,534 26,607,195 204,280 912,009,392 Education Total 6,260,224 23,466,954,997 2,116,303 2,205,769,951 7,087,745 25,672,724,948 Elementary & Secondary Education Total 6,030,445 22,408,683,707 1,781,293 1,856,163,664 6,762,253 24,264,847,371 Elem & Sec Instructional Employees 4,301,040 17,954,909,236 963,490 1,071,892,887 4,679,884 19,026,802,123 Elem & Sec Other Employees 1,729,405 4,453,774,471 817,803 784,270,777 2,082,369 5,238,045,248 Higher Education Total 229,779 1,058,271,290 335,010 349,606,287 325,492 1,407,877,577 Higher Ed Instructional Employees 86,417 511,419,081 190,597 245,950,458 132,528 757,369,539 Higher Ed Other Employees 143,362 546,852,209 144,413 103,655,829 192,964 650,508,038 Local Libraries 91,254 305,726,684 96,588 84,769,563 130,637 390,496,247 All Other and Unallocable 241,810 964,929,784 69,646 56,003,668 264,068 1,020,933,452