2007 Public Employment Data State and 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 14,681,997 59,170,994,989 4,703,972 4,985,494,704 16,453,570 64,156,489,693 Financial Administration 378,864 1,525,964,141 52,796 54,351,905 397,400 1,580,316,046 Other Government Administration 249,285 1,029,795,527 174,610 100,964,176 279,714 1,130,759,703 Judicial and Legal 406,021 1,835,378,214 42,222 62,266,979 423,428 1,897,645,193 Police Protection Total 893,078 4,297,178,063 104,124 107,015,279 933,189 4,404,193,342 Police Officers Only 677,357 3,504,445,398 37,798 45,725,384 692,032 3,550,170,782 Other Police Employees 215,721 792,732,665 66,326 61,289,895 241,157 854,022,560 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 717,354 2,767,474,853 25,368 42,564,596 730,659 2,810,039,449 Highways 522,823 2,009,492,254 34,703 44,905,976 537,901 2,054,398,230 Air Transportation 45,700 207,211,464 3,842 4,720,255 47,497 211,931,719 Water Transport and Terminals 12,281 59,109,601 1,088 1,139,150 12,711 60,248,751 Public Welfare 491,577 1,728,442,787 51,197 72,135,461 518,798 1,800,578,248 Health 401,899 1,551,102,664 70,930 110,165,136 434,760 1,661,267,800 Hospitals 876,009 3,538,517,840 202,130 446,003,947 989,371 3,984,521,787 Social Insurance Administration 75,800 300,645,520 5,789 11,885,552 79,627 312,531,072 Solid Waste Management 104,299 369,727,739 14,222 12,824,382 110,889 382,552,121 Sewerage 125,784 518,197,732 9,282 7,851,829 128,332 526,049,561 Parks and Recreation 192,926 662,641,743 214,658 161,064,994 271,759 823,706,737 Housing and Community Development 108,220 411,219,846 12,376 13,329,639 113,466 424,549,485 Natural Resources 165,916 656,496,895 37,849 46,244,061 183,936 702,740,956 Water Supply 162,396 662,952,469 15,310 12,631,155 166,854 675,583,624 Electric Power 76,813 421,515,057 2,884 4,910,597 78,252 426,425,654 Gas Supply 12,218 46,209,932 354 460,497 12,343 46,670,429 Transit 225,962 1,058,280,488 18,399 30,042,143 237,359 1,088,322,631 Education Total 7,586,889 29,662,803,611 3,327,467 3,428,814,539 8,827,967 33,091,618,150 Elementary & Secondary Education Total 6,077,218 22,621,944,395 1,798,155 1,871,981,072 6,814,396 24,493,925,467 Elem & Sec Instructional Employees 4,337,467 18,136,477,615 972,685 1,081,632,228 4,719,023 19,218,109,843 Elem & Sec Other Employees 1,739,751 4,485,466,780 825,470 790,348,844 2,095,373 5,275,815,624 Higher Education Total 1,424,675 6,693,515,180 1,514,971 1,534,983,436 1,922,144 8,228,498,616 Higher Ed Instructional Employees 471,709 3,000,400,290 573,321 820,441,511 654,726 3,820,841,801 Higher Ed Other Employees 952,966 3,693,114,890 941,650 714,541,925 1,267,418 4,407,656,815 Other Education 84,996 347,344,036 14,341 21,850,031 91,427 369,194,067 Local Libraries 91,727 307,247,414 96,893 85,038,707 131,238 392,286,121 State Liquor Stores 6,328 19,491,269 2,838 2,811,177 7,813 22,302,446 All Other and Unallocable 432,467 1,814,704,607 84,624 81,901,794 461,614 1,896,606,401