2010 Public Employment and Payroll Data State and Local Governments United States Total Revised January 2012 SOURCE: 2010 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 14,769,859 64,812,459,485 4,829,604 5,591,992,233 16,581,617 70,404,451,718 Financial Administration 372,256 1,634,732,928 50,712 59,555,344 390,713 1,694,288,272 Other Government Administration 247,024 1,103,621,216 171,634 110,219,559 277,601 1,213,840,775 Judicial and Legal 407,570 1,982,934,157 42,326 68,455,335 424,889 2,051,389,492 Police Protection Total 902,372 4,779,937,040 107,267 105,109,843 940,353 4,885,046,883 Police Officers Only 687,817 3,926,922,451 40,137 41,888,281 701,215 3,968,810,732 Other Police Employees 214,555 853,014,589 67,130 63,221,562 239,138 916,236,151 Fire Protection Total 324,828 1,900,788,815 95,941 46,001,172 342,679 1,946,789,987 Firefighters Only 300,021 1,776,183,262 88,144 39,677,721 315,950 1,815,860,983 Other Fire Employees 24,807 124,605,553 7,797 6,323,451 26,729 130,929,004 Corrections 719,166 2,952,512,835 24,205 44,709,166 731,692 2,997,222,001 Highways 509,809 2,094,160,694 36,803 50,526,689 525,878 2,144,687,383 Air Transportation 45,614 222,552,216 3,611 4,924,896 47,356 227,477,112 Water Transport and Terminals 12,449 68,738,156 1,084 1,219,242 12,854 69,957,398 Public Welfare 483,050 1,852,547,845 51,668 82,155,543 511,080 1,934,703,388 Health 410,364 1,715,054,366 71,092 119,417,755 443,640 1,834,472,121 Hospitals 867,100 3,987,213,566 209,475 531,954,047 986,471 4,519,167,613 Social Insurance Administration 83,084 343,750,607 9,023 20,244,996 88,943 363,995,603 Solid Waste Management 103,314 393,227,699 15,744 14,382,156 110,216 407,609,855 Sewerage 123,883 561,520,268 8,959 6,865,010 126,110 568,385,278 Parks and Recreation 188,792 712,976,095 220,196 173,855,321 266,925 886,831,416 Housing and Community Development 106,365 451,393,668 11,949 14,311,799 111,575 465,705,467 Natural Resources 163,092 689,711,602 40,424 53,397,261 181,988 743,108,863 Water Supply 166,206 750,962,366 15,110 13,443,644 170,691 764,406,010 Electric Power 77,214 480,019,033 2,877 5,439,747 78,716 485,458,780 Gas Supply 11,630 49,025,453 373 594,263 11,810 49,619,716 Transit 225,311 1,175,152,353 18,546 33,368,543 236,932 1,208,520,896 Education Total 7,700,232 32,671,402,432 3,432,520 3,836,344,499 8,968,538 36,507,746,931 Elementary & Secondary Education Total 6,129,400 24,635,012,300 1,787,638 1,966,255,975 6,853,745 26,601,268,275 Elem & Sec Instructional Employees 4,402,466 19,849,550,026 952,773 1,119,274,254 4,778,507 20,968,824,280 Elem & Sec Other Employees 1,726,934 4,785,462,274 834,865 846,981,721 2,075,238 5,632,443,995 Higher Education Total 1,490,438 7,684,381,071 1,631,033 1,847,802,750 2,028,416 9,532,183,821 Higher Ed Instructional Employees 493,916 3,453,139,895 619,565 970,921,678 686,577 4,424,061,573 Higher Ed Other Employees 996,522 4,231,241,176 1,011,468 876,881,072 1,341,839 5,108,122,248 Other Education 80,394 352,009,061 13,849 22,285,774 86,377 374,294,835 Local Libraries 90,973 336,361,207 97,915 95,906,853 131,032 432,268,060 State Liquor Stores 6,486 21,834,131 5,310 8,133,657 9,822 29,967,788 All Other and Unallocable 421,675 1,880,328,737 84,840 91,455,893 453,113 1,971,784,630 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 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 Financial Administration 0.11 0.09 0.28 0.23 0.11 0.09 Other Government Administration 0.16 0.14 0.20 0.23 0.15 0.13 Judicial and Legal 0.10 0.07 0.20 0.17 0.11 0.07 Police Protection Total 0.14 0.13 0.22 0.21 0.14 0.12 Police Officers Only 0.14 0.12 0.20 0.17 0.14 0.12 Other Police Employees 0.15 0.13 0.23 0.23 0.15 0.12 Fire Protection Total 0.26 0.27 0.36 0.76 0.28 0.26 Firefighters Only 0.26 0.26 0.35 0.74 0.27 0.26 Other Fire Employees 0.37 0.37 0.52 0.88 0.40 0.35 Corrections 0.08 0.06 0.29 0.19 0.09 0.06 Highways 0.13 0.11 0.10 0.07 0.13 0.11 Air Transportation 0.30 0.22 1.38 1.14 0.33 0.22 Water Transport and Terminals 0.30 0.24 0.16 0.17 0.29 0.24 Public Welfare 0.19 0.15 0.55 0.51 0.21 0.15 Health 0.16 0.13 0.38 0.25 0.17 0.12 Hospitals 0.13 0.13 0.26 0.25 0.14 0.11 Social Insurance Administration 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Solid Waste Management 0.24 0.20 0.43 0.36 0.25 0.19 Sewerage 0.24 0.24 0.21 0.16 0.24 0.23 Parks and Recreation 0.21 0.23 0.38 0.33 0.25 0.19 Housing and Community Development 0.42 0.38 0.52 0.58 0.42 0.37 Natural Resources 0.07 0.08 0.05 0.05 0.07 0.07 Water Supply 0.24 0.25 0.16 0.19 0.24 0.25 Electric Power 0.39 0.39 0.39 0.48 0.39 0.38 Gas Supply 0.37 0.32 0.16 0.13 0.36 0.32 Transit 0.19 0.15 0.87 0.76 0.20 0.15 Education Total 0.16 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.16 0.14 Elementary & Secondary Education Total 0.19 0.19 0.20 0.20 0.19 0.17 Elem & Sec Instructional Employees 0.19 0.19 0.20 0.19 0.19 0.18 Elem & Sec Other Employees 0.20 0.19 0.21 0.21 0.19 0.16 Higher Education Total 0.06 0.05 0.09 0.09 0.06 0.04 Higher Ed Instructional Employees 0.06 0.05 0.15 0.13 0.07 0.05 Higher Ed Other Employees 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.05 0.05 0.04 Other Education 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Local Libraries 0.29 0.30 0.36 0.38 0.30 0.25 State Liquor Stores 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 All Other and Unallocable 0.13 0.10 0.25 0.18 0.13 0.10