UNITED STATES STATE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT DATA: MARCH 2008 UNITED STATES TOTALS 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 3,818,577 16,974,808,716 1,451,002 1,751,084,555 4,362,688 18,725,893,271 Financial Administration 165,576 699,297,421 11,034 19,380,815 172,014 718,678,236 Other Government Administration 49,711 221,752,586 11,126 21,182,839 55,214 242,935,425 Judicial and Legal 170,853 839,406,773 9,944 22,961,486 176,319 862,368,259 Police Protection Total 106,806 536,483,271 3,234 4,437,041 108,044 540,920,312 Police Officers Only 67,219 384,734,573 712 1,156,761 67,388 385,891,334 Other Police Employees 39,587 151,748,698 2,522 3,280,280 40,656 155,028,978 Fire Protection Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 Corrections 475,587 1,896,745,369 10,172 24,604,830 481,390 1,921,350,199 Highways 231,896 990,442,790 10,040 21,251,511 236,977 1,011,694,301 Air Transportation 3,119 15,473,258 59 121,575 3,156 15,594,833 Water Transport and Terminals 5,201 24,738,335 64 114,663 5,235 24,852,998 Public Welfare 236,496 846,423,970 11,014 21,903,024 242,925 868,326,994 Health 178,510 722,353,339 13,702 27,933,071 185,667 750,286,410 Hospitals 377,749 1,594,994,806 63,503 161,712,790 414,537 1,756,707,596 Social Insurance Administration 75,456 308,193,830 5,321 11,540,724 79,029 319,734,554 Solid Waste Management 1,868 10,075,043 103 257,200 1,922 10,332,243 Sewerage 1,755 9,927,321 48 204,309 1,784 10,131,630 Parks and Recreation 27,549 97,376,388 12,871 17,801,983 34,916 115,178,371 Housing and Community Development 0 0 0 0 0 0 Natural Resources 131,051 547,718,076 28,425 40,114,471 145,825 587,832,547 Water Supply 740 4,068,296 38 98,461 756 4,166,757 Electric Power 4,035 26,055,144 88 260,674 4,089 26,315,818 Gas Supply 0 0 0 0 0 0 Transit 31,160 180,206,718 1,618 3,122,508 32,198 183,329,226 Education Total 1,351,004 6,556,936,840 1,241,502 1,326,227,027 1,780,261 7,883,163,867 Elementary & Secondary Education Total 47,251 219,451,864 18,174 17,380,686 52,968 236,832,550 Elem & Sec Instructional Employees 36,460 185,868,364 9,518 10,377,911 39,226 196,246,275 Elem & Sec Other Employees 10,791 33,583,500 8,656 7,002,775 13,742 40,586,275 Higher Education Total 1,216,000 5,968,257,387 1,209,926 1,288,054,619 1,633,702 7,256,312,006 Higher Ed Instructional Employees 389,610 2,632,014,425 397,391 633,477,957 534,564 3,265,492,382 Higher Ed Other Employees 826,390 3,336,242,962 812,535 654,576,662 1,099,138 3,990,819,624 Other Education 87,753 369,227,589 13,402 20,791,722 93,591 390,019,311 Libraries 473 1,585,514 305 280,610 601 1,866,124 State Liquor Stores 6,385 20,326,705 3,038 3,000,887 7,953 23,327,592 All Other and Unallocable 185,597 824,226,923 13,753 22,572,056 191,876 846,798,979