ARKANSAS

STATE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT DATA: MARCH 2008
ARKANSAS STATE GOVERNMENT


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                                        56,075     193,972,803       14,263     12,296,167      61,103     206,268,970
Financial Administration                      1,966       6,083,999           25         15,161       1,973       6,099,160
Other Government Administration                 684       2,773,166          138        175,185         739       2,948,351
Judicial and Legal                            1,462       4,654,886          156        116,600       1,484       4,771,486
Police Protection Total                       1,221       4,155,202            0              0       1,221       4,155,202
  Police Officers Only                          593       2,361,176            0              0         593       2,361,176
  Other Police Employees                        628       1,794,026            0              0         628       1,794,026
Fire Protection Total                             0               0            0              0           0               0
Corrections                                   5,239      13,780,142            5          3,361       5,240      13,783,503
Highways                                      3,566      12,375,804           39         36,214       3,588      12,412,018
Air Transportation                                0               0            0              0           0               0
Water Transport and Terminals                     0               0            0              0           0               0
Public Welfare                                3,987      10,189,601            0              0       3,987      10,189,601
Health                                        4,880      15,217,280           89        124,532       4,912      15,341,812
Hospitals                                     5,794      18,217,401          166        303,546       5,882      18,520,947
Social Insurance Administration               1,079       3,469,551            6          7,692       1,081       3,477,243
Solid Waste Management                            0               0            0              0           0               0
Sewerage                                          0               0            0              0           0               0
Parks and Recreation                            699       1,742,243            4          1,220         700       1,743,463
Housing and Community Development                 0               0            0              0           0               0
Natural Resources                             1,826       5,598,179          349        261,599       1,943       5,859,778
Water Supply                                      0               0            0              0           0               0
Electric Power                                    0               0            0              0           0               0
Gas Supply                                        0               0            0              0           0               0
Transit                                           0               0            0              0           0               0
Education Total                              21,204      87,412,429       13,255     11,227,176      25,878      98,639,605
Elementary & Secondary Education Total            0               0            0              0           0               0
  Elem & Sec Instructional Employees              0               0            0              0           0               0
  Elem & Sec Other Employees                      0               0            0              0           0               0
Higher Education Total                       19,679      82,535,773       13,209     11,192,631      24,346      93,728,404
  Higher Ed Instructional Employees           6,298      40,055,449        4,892      6,883,255       8,458      46,938,704
  Higher Ed Other Employees                  13,381      42,480,324        8,317      4,309,376      15,888      46,789,700
Other Education                               1,525       4,876,656           46         34,545       1,532       4,911,201
Libraries                                         0               0            0              0           0               0
State Liquor Stores                               0               0            0              0           0               0
All Other and Unallocable                     2,468       8,302,920           31         23,881       2,475       8,326,801