2008 Public Employment Data Local Governments United States Total 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 11,039,250 45,525,261,002 3,383,976 3,545,225,386 12,305,496 49,070,486,388 Financial Administration 222,051 928,013,607 53,131 41,352,461 236,821 969,366,068 Other Government Administration 207,994 873,221,637 191,432 93,557,921 237,853 966,779,558 Judicial and Legal 239,858 1,070,346,563 35,751 45,471,862 252,899 1,115,818,425 Police Protection Total 805,786 4,054,456,988 103,420 104,085,099 844,106 4,158,542,087 Police Officers Only 625,668 3,366,630,335 40,508 46,564,081 640,384 3,413,194,416 Other Police Employees 180,118 687,826,653 62,912 57,521,018 203,722 745,347,671 Fire Protection Total 329,413 1,846,813,949 119,642 47,822,596 349,599 1,894,636,545 Firefighters Only 305,514 1,736,044,492 109,660 41,181,928 323,390 1,777,226,420 Other Fire Employees 23,899 110,769,457 9,982 6,640,668 26,209 117,410,125 Corrections 258,317 1,042,074,199 15,383 20,569,025 266,200 1,062,643,224 Highways 291,260 1,114,763,422 28,640 28,667,086 302,700 1,143,430,508 Air Transportation 42,557 203,759,974 3,740 4,907,981 44,438 208,667,955 Water Transport and Terminals 7,701 41,141,547 1,401 1,370,583 8,103 42,512,130 Public Welfare 259,744 970,785,608 38,926 52,727,913 280,065 1,023,513,521 Health 235,615 954,326,355 55,870 82,003,426 260,416 1,036,329,781 Hospitals 505,373 2,214,858,291 137,161 305,883,723 583,684 2,520,742,014 Social Insurance Administration 489 2,552,817 0 0 489 2,552,817 Solid Waste Management 105,499 387,621,561 15,691 13,942,303 112,234 401,563,864 Sewerage 121,117 521,397,591 12,937 11,077,547 124,815 532,475,138 Parks and Recreation 167,208 611,500,891 200,442 144,883,012 236,887 756,383,903 Housing and Community Development 108,340 449,265,538 11,538 13,386,922 113,193 462,652,460 Natural Resources 38,030 150,508,921 11,896 9,285,658 41,954 159,794,579 Water Supply 165,499 710,339,691 19,460 15,425,730 171,184 725,765,421 Electric Power 73,139 438,763,084 3,645 6,389,248 74,836 445,152,332 Gas Supply 11,663 45,342,325 350 439,887 11,823 45,782,212 Transit 195,831 952,204,585 16,052 28,489,861 206,396 980,694,446 Education Total 6,305,201 24,565,562,096 2,120,679 2,313,298,794 7,135,333 26,878,860,890 Elementary & Secondary Education Total 6,072,430 23,444,754,117 1,778,190 1,941,816,645 6,804,860 25,386,570,762 Elem & Sec Instructional Employees 4,348,082 18,833,552,098 971,724 1,145,144,269 4,738,565 19,978,696,367 Elem & Sec Other Employees 1,724,348 4,611,202,019 806,466 796,672,376 2,066,295 5,407,874,395 Higher Education Total 232,771 1,120,807,979 342,489 371,482,149 330,473 1,492,290,128 Higher Ed Instructional Employees 86,980 538,619,215 191,141 256,795,337 133,353 795,414,552 Higher Ed Other Employees 145,791 582,188,764 151,348 114,686,812 197,120 696,875,576 Other Education 0 0 0 0 0 0 Local Libraries 92,699 325,538,421 102,047 92,522,016 134,322 418,060,437 State Liquor Stores 0 0 0 0 0 0 All Other and Unallocable 248,866 1,050,101,341 84,742 67,664,732 275,146 1,117,766,073 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 0.19 0.18 0.57 0.78 0.19 0.18 Financial Administration 0.71 0.56 4.04 4.45 0.73 0.55 Other Government Administration 1.15 0.83 2.78 3.20 1.12 0.79 Judicial and Legal 0.39 0.29 2.84 2.30 0.40 0.29 Police Protection Total 0.30 0.25 2.14 1.82 0.30 0.25 Police Officers Only 0.31 0.27 4.61 3.39 0.32 0.27 Other Police Employees 0.49 0.38 1.90 1.70 0.48 0.38 Fire Protection Total 0.79 0.70 5.97 4.06 0.80 0.68 Firefighters Only 0.65 0.59 6.40 4.59 0.69 0.58 Other Fire Employees 7.08 7.04 8.26 6.04 6.49 6.73 Corrections 0.59 0.39 2.53 2.05 0.58 0.40 Highways 0.71 0.92 4.69 4.64 0.71 0.91 Air Transportation 0.19 0.09 3.00 3.02 0.21 0.11 Water Transport and Terminals 0.18 0.16 19.32 4.42 0.35 0.20 Public Welfare 0.44 0.38 1.63 1.56 0.42 0.39 Health 0.39 0.33 2.66 1.58 0.41 0.33 Hospitals 0.11 0.11 0.28 0.24 0.11 0.10 Social Insurance Administration 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Solid Waste Management 1.09 0.99 4.01 3.99 1.06 0.97 Sewerage 0.81 0.70 9.34 11.38 0.86 0.73 Parks and Recreation 0.60 0.68 1.30 1.35 0.63 0.61 Housing and Community Development 1.94 2.72 3.63 2.98 1.86 2.64 Natural Resources 1.51 1.27 9.13 7.25 1.62 1.23 Water Supply 0.91 0.77 6.11 5.97 0.92 0.76 Electric Power 0.93 0.48 7.53 3.36 0.92 0.48 Gas Supply 0.62 0.42 3.51 0.64 0.61 0.41 Transit 0.06 0.05 1.42 0.61 0.07 0.05 Education Total 0.30 0.30 0.72 1.16 0.29 0.29 Elementary & Secondary Education Total 0.32 0.32 0.85 1.39 0.31 0.30 Elem & Sec Instructional Employees 0.33 0.33 1.05 1.61 0.32 0.32 Elem & Sec Other Employees 0.70 0.74 1.02 1.42 0.63 0.62 Higher Education Total 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 Higher Ed Instructional Employees 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 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 0.68 0.55 1.17 1.27 0.62 0.51 State Liquor Stores 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 All Other and Unallocable 0.76 0.66 3.85 2.77 0.75 0.66