FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT BY FUNCTION: MARCH 2001 Payroll in whole dollars. Total Total Full-Time March Function Employees Employees Payroll TOTAL - ALL FUNCTIONS 2,697,602 2,411,630 11,369,841,107 Financial Administration 137,065 125,853 565,345,893 Other Government Administration 21,667 20,878 94,183,321 Judicial and Legal 57,953 54,813 317,590,143 Police 106,337 103,491 580,677,607 Correction 32,973 32,839 137,012,250 Highways 2,788 2,727 17,315,714 Air Transportation 48,988 48,386 393,024,643 Water Transport & Terminals 5,003 4,744 13,783,571 Public Welfare 9,122 8,809 49,532,536 Health 133,018 122,999 673,696,429 Hospitals 148,171 131,949 652,825,893 Social Insurance Administration 65,528 62,349 300,378,929 Parks and Recreation 25,171 23,554 97,074,286 Housing & Community Development 16,726 16,418 84,827,071 Natural Resources 184,651 175,111 838,325,250 Nat Defense/International Relat 681,787 662,093 2,542,384,786 Postal Service 860,086 666,976 3,106,997,143 Space Research & Technology 18,909 18,554 119,568,107 Other Education* 11,014 10,399 53,824,857 Libraries 4,284 3,983 22,026,607 Other and Unallocable 126,361 114,705 709,446,071 * Includes Department of Education and the National Science Foundation, plus parts of the Bureau of Indian Affairs