2004 Public Employment Data Local Governments United States Total Population Estimate (July 2004) 293,101,881 Full-time Total Equivalent Full-time March Employment Equivalent CV Payroll CV per 10,000 Function Employment (%) ($) (%) Population Total 11,601,136 0.17 40,437,397,482 0.16 395.81 Financial administration 220,714 0.72 772,678,784 0.59 7.53 Other government administration 222,900 1.07 812,666,673 0.97 7.60 Judicial and Legal 246,470 0.46 953,823,500 0.33 8.41 Persons with power of arrest 602,000 0.48 2,759,328,129 0.44 20.54 Police - Other 187,475 0.63 596,397,920 0.42 6.40 Firefighters 293,314 0.65 1,383,332,734 0.46 10.01 Fire - Other 25,734 1.44 101,209,898 1.17 0.88 Correction 241,537 0.38 851,445,870 0.25 8.24 Highways 303,004 0.74 976,492,461 0.74 10.34 Air transportation 40,797 0.80 163,320,361 0.64 1.39 Water transport and canals 7,073 0.28 33,087,084 0.17 0.24 Public Welfare 272,523 0.56 876,993,041 0.51 9.30 Health 249,857 0.71 851,143,655 0.61 8.52 Hospitals 513,326 0.07 1,843,166,989 0.07 17.51 Social insurance administration 0 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 Solid waste management 107,076 1.08 344,497,249 0.71 3.65 Sewerage 124,380 1.03 461,542,252 0.92 4.24 Parks and recreation 227,341 1.02 629,478,395 0.82 7.76 Housing and community developmen 114,281 0.48 408,909,584 0.66 3.90 Natural resources 39,207 1.90 129,567,505 1.37 1.34 Water supply 161,587 0.95 585,176,194 0.86 5.51 Electric power 74,750 0.67 368,961,818 0.42 2.55 Gas supply 10,781 0.85 36,920,241 0.41 0.37 Transit 198,939 0.11 836,689,693 0.09 6.79 Elem & Sec Instructional 4,450,228 0.32 16,710,570,156 0.29 151.83 Elem & Sec - Other 1,972,626 0.46 4,554,326,234 0.52 67.30 Higher Ed Instructional 130,908 0.00 641,466,947 0.00 4.47 Higher Ed - Other 185,462 0.00 552,043,946 0.00 6.33 Other education 0 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 Local Libraries 125,628 0.80 345,075,259 0.67 4.29 State liquor stores 0 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 All other and unallocable 251,218 0.90 857,084,910 0.90 8.57