2008 Public Employment Data State and 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 227,729 971,010,148 92,921 113,456,631 264,696 1,084,466,779 Financial Administration 6,589 31,604,739 428 716,170 6,812 32,320,909 Other Government Administration 4,748 21,079,688 1,839 1,580,026 5,212 22,659,714 Judicial and Legal 5,938 30,166,073 1,132 2,639,532 6,522 32,805,605 Police Protection Total 14,213 75,749,079 595 711,799 14,418 76,460,878 Police Officers Only 10,447 60,880,634 41 31,834 10,476 60,912,468 Other Police Employees 3,766 14,868,445 554 679,965 3,942 15,548,410 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 10,948 47,480,037 200 459,520 11,058 47,939,557 Highways 8,922 38,537,028 537 656,545 9,098 39,193,573 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 7,674 30,370,344 1,150 2,108,315 8,301 32,478,659 Health 4,663 21,196,585 1,443 3,097,501 5,412 24,294,086 Hospitals 12,592 53,385,778 3,948 10,578,140 14,898 63,963,918 Social Insurance Administration 879 4,138,057 60 138,371 930 4,276,428 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 5,095 20,729,006 8,064 5,038,305 7,620 25,767,311 Housing and Community Development 2,022 8,666,001 298 481,365 2,193 9,147,366 Natural Resources 2,218 10,348,162 615 839,756 2,419 11,187,918 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 114,714 451,737,407 65,687 78,598,095 141,146 530,335,502 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 24,593 131,046,177 32,886 45,050,187 38,077 176,096,364 Higher Ed Instructional Employees 9,092 65,652,473 12,007 23,441,373 14,874 89,093,846 Higher Ed Other Employees 15,501 65,393,704 20,879 21,608,814 23,203 87,002,518 Other Education 900 4,142,282 848 1,371,935 1,242 5,514,217 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 5,927 24,517,298 2,299 1,877,153 6,548 26,394,451 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 0.55 0.47 2.02 1.56 0.52 0.35 Financial Administration 1.62 1.21 12.01 14.88 1.74 1.25 Other Government Administration 6.80 2.67 19.48 17.76 6.57 2.33 Judicial and Legal 0.70 0.46 10.34 2.63 0.75 0.44 Police Protection Total 0.78 0.70 15.22 9.44 0.77 0.71 Police Officers Only 1.15 0.90 183.14 196.77 1.15 0.90 Other Police Employees 2.11 1.79 9.18 3.54 2.02 1.70 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 0.16 0.57 3.09 1.42 0.16 0.57 Highways 1.62 1.58 29.26 4.35 1.59 1.55 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 0.21 0.35 1.07 0.97 0.20 0.34 Health 0.55 1.08 3.41 4.19 0.78 0.51 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 2.21 2.08 2.02 4.58 1.96 1.67 Housing and Community Development 0.34 0.14 2.97 4.68 0.64 0.13 Natural Resources 3.35 1.99 4.13 5.54 3.71 2.12 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 0.95 0.91 2.80 2.19 0.85 0.62 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 1.86 1.48 12.38 6.06 2.40 1.46