2009 Public Employment and Payroll Data Local Governments United States Total Revised January 2012 SOURCE: 2009 Annual Survey of Public 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 11,121,906 47,075,850,993 3,376,461 3,674,480,389 12,392,075 50,750,331,382 Financial Administration 218,705 940,038,213 40,475 41,709,514 231,551 981,747,727 Other Government Administration 202,527 883,547,758 165,476 88,562,819 229,155 972,110,577 Judicial and Legal 239,616 1,108,105,664 33,062 45,422,757 252,200 1,153,528,421 Police Protection Total 808,572 4,157,386,392 100,212 100,510,154 846,152 4,257,896,546 Police Officers Only 628,542 3,454,443,399 35,353 38,662,966 641,472 3,493,106,365 Other Police Employees 180,030 702,942,993 64,859 61,847,188 204,680 764,790,181 Fire Protection Total 329,632 1,896,576,084 97,860 45,130,108 347,872 1,941,706,192 Firefighters Only 304,697 1,777,250,289 89,728 38,030,169 320,804 1,815,280,458 Other Fire Employees 24,935 119,325,795 8,132 7,099,939 27,068 126,425,734 Corrections 259,061 1,069,092,241 14,901 19,785,482 266,416 1,088,877,723 Highways 295,996 1,157,537,945 24,521 25,669,197 305,932 1,183,207,142 Air Transportation 43,469 208,689,528 3,585 4,538,234 45,165 213,227,762 Water Transport and Terminals 7,799 44,026,192 1,053 1,168,990 8,199 45,195,182 Public Welfare 262,587 1,000,184,200 40,612 54,958,692 283,519 1,055,142,892 Health 229,470 933,564,387 56,173 87,563,342 255,369 1,021,127,729 Hospitals 503,940 2,308,749,190 142,726 320,540,737 583,551 2,629,289,927 Social Insurance Administration 477 2,493,834 0 0 477 2,493,834 Solid Waste Management 104,028 394,123,542 16,482 15,082,454 111,131 409,205,996 Sewerage 124,995 552,186,050 8,912 8,017,147 127,665 560,203,197 Parks and Recreation 165,377 615,767,418 205,553 157,384,418 238,190 773,151,836 Housing and Community Development 108,469 451,320,639 12,318 14,551,221 113,922 465,871,860 Natural Resources 40,013 164,563,135 11,208 8,287,192 43,485 172,850,327 Water Supply 167,383 738,366,041 15,236 14,220,787 172,215 752,586,828 Electric Power 75,021 443,944,957 2,872 5,207,043 76,433 449,152,000 Gas Supply 12,169 49,320,584 341 434,031 12,315 49,754,615 Transit 197,042 980,450,441 17,640 30,778,646 208,042 1,011,229,087 Education Total 6,388,117 25,583,291,225 2,193,345 2,425,950,853 7,230,468 28,009,242,078 Elementary & Secondary Education Total 6,147,447 24,398,342,736 1,829,204 2,029,003,386 6,887,258 26,427,346,122 Elem & Sec Instructional Employees 4,390,663 19,591,989,062 993,238 1,180,820,848 4,778,612 20,772,809,910 Elem & Sec Other Employees 1,756,784 4,806,353,674 835,966 848,182,538 2,108,646 5,654,536,212 Higher Education Total 240,670 1,184,948,489 364,141 396,947,467 343,210 1,581,895,956 Higher Ed Instructional Employees 89,531 564,759,117 203,680 276,448,316 137,878 841,207,433 Higher Ed Other Employees 151,139 620,189,372 160,461 120,499,151 205,332 740,688,523 Other Education 0 0 0 0 0 0 Local Libraries 93,997 338,374,501 100,811 94,752,418 135,401 433,126,919 State Liquor Stores 0 0 0 0 0 0 All Other and Unallocable 243,444 1,054,150,832 71,087 64,254,153 267,250 1,118,404,985 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 0.09 0.08 0.09 0.10 0.08 0.08 Financial Administration 0.21 0.19 0.26 0.30 0.21 0.18 Other Government Administration 0.19 0.18 0.18 0.23 0.18 0.16 Judicial and Legal 0.18 0.15 0.23 0.23 0.19 0.14 Police Protection Total 0.17 0.15 0.24 0.21 0.17 0.15 Police Officers Only 0.16 0.15 0.23 0.19 0.16 0.14 Other Police Employees 0.19 0.17 0.24 0.22 0.19 0.15 Fire Protection Total 0.27 0.28 0.37 0.66 0.28 0.27 Firefighters Only 0.26 0.27 0.36 0.64 0.27 0.26 Other Fire Employees 0.40 0.41 0.45 0.78 0.47 0.39 Corrections 0.23 0.17 0.41 0.35 0.24 0.16 Highways 0.23 0.20 0.15 0.19 0.23 0.20 Air Transportation 0.34 0.25 0.37 0.41 0.35 0.24 Water Transport and Terminals 0.43 0.37 0.24 0.28 0.42 0.36 Public Welfare 0.27 0.21 0.52 0.53 0.29 0.21 Health 0.30 0.24 0.46 0.34 0.30 0.22 Hospitals 0.22 0.19 0.42 0.40 0.23 0.17 Social Insurance Administration 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Solid Waste Management 0.26 0.21 0.43 0.41 0.27 0.20 Sewerage 0.24 0.23 0.23 0.20 0.24 0.23 Parks and Recreation 0.23 0.24 0.37 0.36 0.27 0.21 Housing and Community Development 0.40 0.37 0.55 0.76 0.40 0.36 Natural Resources 0.28 0.30 0.19 0.20 0.26 0.29 Water Supply 0.26 0.27 0.18 0.21 0.26 0.26 Electric Power 0.37 0.38 0.40 0.40 0.37 0.38 Gas Supply 0.35 0.32 0.19 0.23 0.35 0.32 Transit 0.22 0.17 0.76 0.58 0.23 0.17 Education Total 0.20 0.19 0.24 0.25 0.20 0.18 Elementary & Secondary Education Total 0.19 0.18 0.21 0.22 0.19 0.17 Elem & Sec Instructional Employees 0.19 0.18 0.20 0.21 0.19 0.17 Elem & Sec Other Employees 0.20 0.18 0.22 0.23 0.19 0.16 Higher Education Total 0.34 0.33 0.39 0.43 0.34 0.27 Higher Ed Instructional Employees 0.31 0.32 0.40 0.41 0.34 0.26 Higher Ed Other Employees 0.36 0.33 0.38 0.45 0.34 0.29 Other Education 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Local Libraries 0.30 0.31 0.38 0.41 0.32 0.26 State Liquor Stores 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 All Other and Unallocable 0.23 0.17 0.33 0.26 0.24 0.17