2009 Public Employment and Payroll Data State 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 3,837,855 17,520,216,120 1,507,920 1,904,625,008 4,407,909 19,424,841,128 Financial Administration 162,840 701,827,334 11,691 21,090,529 169,874 722,917,863 Other Government Administration 50,802 232,582,370 11,280 23,074,804 56,439 255,657,174 Judicial and Legal 173,414 875,235,106 9,693 22,443,497 178,628 897,678,603 Police Protection Total 104,960 539,127,836 2,873 4,556,817 106,267 543,684,653 Police Officers Only 67,439 394,564,917 575 976,202 67,613 395,541,119 Other Police Employees 37,521 144,562,919 2,298 3,580,615 38,654 148,143,534 Fire Protection Total NA NA NA NA NA NA Corrections 479,480 1,948,741,637 10,555 27,924,242 485,375 1,976,665,879 Highways 229,873 994,326,458 13,268 28,213,729 237,280 1,022,540,187 Air Transportation 3,099 16,108,683 58 115,136 3,121 16,223,819 Water Transport and Terminals 5,056 24,030,155 87 99,272 5,079 24,129,427 Public Welfare 235,314 862,615,400 12,683 26,728,094 242,535 889,343,494 Health 176,707 744,413,885 14,819 32,474,744 184,539 776,888,629 Hospitals 380,994 1,657,002,233 65,619 170,942,912 417,793 1,827,945,145 Social Insurance Administration 76,355 313,329,741 7,793 16,982,449 81,454 330,312,190 Solid Waste Management 1,938 10,276,923 93 235,780 1,994 10,512,703 Sewerage 1,740 9,930,637 48 213,369 1,761 10,144,006 Parks and Recreation 28,424 102,996,759 12,997 18,521,665 35,159 121,518,424 Housing and Community Development 0 0 0 0 0 0 Natural Resources 129,698 548,323,327 30,472 44,743,052 145,727 593,066,379 Water Supply 740 3,794,863 29 100,705 754 3,895,568 Electric Power 4,065 27,246,696 74 217,849 4,106 27,464,545 Gas Supply 0 0 0 0 0 0 Transit 31,424 189,216,419 1,527 3,135,124 32,429 192,351,543 Education Total 1,367,822 6,848,603,739 1,281,221 1,429,986,948 1,814,310 8,278,590,687 Elementary & Secondary Education Total 48,044 224,236,589 18,871 19,115,238 52,975 243,351,827 Elem & Sec Instructional Employees 34,730 184,240,049 12,569 14,148,961 37,985 198,389,010 Elem & Sec Other Employees 13,314 39,996,540 6,302 4,966,277 14,990 44,962,817 Higher Education Total 1,238,175 6,265,859,712 1,248,402 1,388,895,163 1,673,771 7,654,754,875 Higher Ed Instructional Employees 401,040 2,808,347,552 410,039 676,797,121 548,236 3,485,144,673 Higher Ed Other Employees 837,135 3,457,512,160 838,363 712,098,042 1,125,535 4,169,610,202 Other Education 81,603 358,507,438 13,948 21,976,547 87,564 380,483,985 Libraries 466 1,681,014 268 204,786 564 1,885,800 State Liquor Stores 6,492 21,184,545 5,345 7,341,106 9,617 28,525,651 All Other and Unallocable 186,152 847,620,360 15,427 25,278,399 193,104 872,898,759