UNITED STATES
 
 
STATE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT DATA:  MARCH 1998
UNITED STATES TOTALS
 
U.S. Population Estimate (July, 1998) 270,298,524     

                               Total
                             Employees      Full-Time
                            (Full-time +    Equivalent            Payroll
Function                     Part-time)     Employment              March

Total                         4,758,427      3,985,350     11,845,218,842
Financial Administration        169,958        164,095        477,588,045
Central Administration           58,797         53,684        160,392,580
Judicial & Legal                143,650        139,678        493,308,542
Police Total                     94,628         93,156        318,999,694
  with Power of Arrest           55,525         55,224        210,040,981
  Other                          39,103         37,932        108,958,713
Corrections                     467,234        444,711      1,238,802,730
Streets & Highways              246,428        241,896        705,476,763
Airports                          2,896          2,775          9,344,805
Water Transportation              4,879          4,811         15,334,599
Public Welfare                  228,171        224,397        590,727,725
Health                          173,116        166,930        480,742,586
Hospitals                       453,192        430,763      1,182,399,774
Social Insurance Admin           92,635         90,081        262,449,344
Solid Waste Mgmt                  1,436          1,408          5,674,239
Sewage Disposal                   1,524          1,511          5,841,624
Parks & Recreation               38,608         33,434         75,495,778
Natural Resources               162,968        146,569        413,183,058
Water Supply                        860            854          2,985,766
Electric Power                    5,480          5,424         28,117,271
Transit                          18,867         18,520         78,988,473
Elem & Sec Total                 55,119         45,175        138,536,667
  Instructional                  37,730         31,908        111,012,412
  Other                          17,389         13,267         27,524,255
Higher Educ. Total            2,011,196      1,370,485      4,208,923,170
  Instructional                 651,253        461,580      2,043,199,549
  Other                       1,359,943        908,905      2,165,723,621
Other Education                 106,642         95,716        284,657,166
Libraries                           802            636          1,452,531
State Liquor Stores               8,710          7,035         16,481,079
Other & Unallocable             210,631        201,606        649,314,833