2008 Public Employment Data Local Governments COLORADO Revised December 2009 SOURCE: 2008 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 173,960 707,485,236 57,056 59,624,422 195,296 767,109,658 Financial Administration 4,503 21,616,212 314 500,310 4,674 22,116,522 Other Government Administration 4,319 19,337,496 1,670 1,143,083 4,647 20,480,579 Judicial and Legal 2,254 12,126,610 387 560,564 2,355 12,687,174 Police Protection Total 13,042 69,807,335 574 667,976 13,237 70,475,311 Police Officers Only 9,649 56,349,192 41 31,834 9,678 56,381,026 Other Police Employees 3,393 13,458,143 533 636,142 3,559 14,094,285 Fire Protection Total 6,164 36,070,185 846 289,909 6,309 36,360,094 Firefighters Only 5,704 33,908,591 672 184,218 5,803 34,092,809 Other Fire Employees 460 2,161,594 174 105,691 506 2,267,285 Corrections 3,858 17,793,882 116 178,353 3,908 17,972,235 Highways 5,865 24,594,548 362 231,421 5,934 24,825,969 Air Transportation 1,267 6,786,345 78 104,123 1,309 6,890,468 Water Transport and Terminals 0 0 0 0 0 0 Public Welfare 5,806 21,856,489 597 849,480 6,099 22,705,969 Health 3,552 15,024,479 1,274 2,597,356 4,203 17,621,835 Hospitals 8,014 35,398,123 2,854 8,127,685 9,651 43,525,808 Social Insurance Administration 0 0 0 0 0 0 Solid Waste Management 680 2,753,496 70 59,498 705 2,812,994 Sewerage 2,102 8,866,282 360 483,679 2,216 9,349,961 Parks and Recreation 4,830 19,504,716 7,955 4,932,935 7,323 24,437,651 Housing and Community Development 2,022 8,666,001 298 481,365 2,193 9,147,366 Natural Resources 822 3,223,049 331 353,340 922 3,576,389 Water Supply 3,856 18,574,023 407 292,893 3,965 18,866,916 Electric Power 1,528 8,980,949 34 58,891 1,544 9,039,840 Gas Supply 304 1,573,100 0 0 304 1,573,100 Transit 2,850 10,874,254 359 562,958 3,048 11,437,212 Education Total 90,081 319,840,576 33,479 33,385,480 103,063 353,226,056 Elementary & Secondary Education Total 89,221 316,548,948 31,953 32,175,973 101,827 348,724,921 Elem & Sec Instructional Employees 63,732 247,151,760 18,180 19,483,188 71,153 266,634,948 Elem & Sec Other Employees 25,489 69,397,188 13,773 12,692,785 30,674 82,089,973 Higher Education Total 860 3,291,628 1,526 1,209,507 1,236 4,501,135 Higher Ed Instructional Employees 331 1,319,968 1,003 837,525 539 2,157,493 Higher Ed Other Employees 529 1,971,660 523 371,982 697 2,343,642 Other Education 0 0 0 0 0 0 Local Libraries 1,836 6,826,232 2,472 2,084,087 2,709 8,910,319 State Liquor Stores 0 0 0 0 0 0 All Other and Unallocable 4,405 17,390,854 2,219 1,679,036 4,978 19,069,890 Full-Time Total Full-time Full-time Part-time Part-time Equivalent March employees pay employees pay Employment Pay Government Function CV (%) CV (%) CV (%) CV (%) CV (%) CV (%) Total 0.72 0.64 3.29 2.96 0.70 0.50 Financial Administration 2.37 1.77 16.37 21.30 2.53 1.82 Other Government Administration 7.47 2.91 21.45 24.55 7.37 2.58 Judicial and Legal 1.84 1.14 30.25 12.37 2.08 1.13 Police Protection Total 0.85 0.76 15.78 10.06 0.84 0.77 Police Officers Only 1.25 0.97 183.14 196.77 1.25 0.98 Other Police Employees 2.34 1.98 9.54 3.78 2.23 1.87 Fire Protection Total 2.88 2.58 11.97 26.16 2.82 2.56 Firefighters Only 3.42 2.89 12.63 39.50 3.37 2.85 Other Fire Employees 4.88 3.66 31.78 20.02 4.44 3.61 Corrections 0.46 1.51 5.32 3.65 0.46 1.51 Highways 2.46 2.47 43.41 12.35 2.43 2.45 Air Transportation 0.00 0.00 8.22 9.07 0.49 0.14 Water Transport and Terminals 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Public Welfare 0.28 0.48 2.05 2.41 0.28 0.49 Health 0.73 1.53 3.86 4.99 1.01 0.70 Hospitals 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Social Insurance Administration 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Solid Waste Management 9.08 5.03 3.05 0.61 8.76 4.92 Sewerage 3.90 3.01 0.00 0.00 3.70 2.85 Parks and Recreation 2.33 2.21 2.05 4.68 2.04 1.76 Housing and Community Development 0.34 0.14 2.97 4.68 0.64 0.13 Natural Resources 9.04 6.40 7.67 13.16 9.74 6.62 Water Supply 3.84 3.48 20.29 11.13 3.74 3.37 Electric Power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Gas Supply 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Transit 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Education Total 1.21 1.28 5.49 5.15 1.17 0.93 Elementary & Secondary Education Total 1.23 1.30 5.75 5.35 1.19 0.95 Elem & Sec Instructional Employees 0.82 1.00 6.69 6.60 0.88 0.82 Elem & Sec Other Employees 4.43 2.60 5.99 5.62 3.81 1.95 Higher Education Total 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Higher Ed Instructional Employees 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Higher Ed Other Employees 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Other Education 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Local Libraries 1.04 0.85 0.65 0.91 1.62 0.74 State Liquor Stores 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 All Other and Unallocable 2.50 2.09 12.83 6.78 3.15 2.02