2010 Public Employment and Payroll Data State 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 3,803,877 17,574,710,089 1,521,698 2,004,372,498 4,377,777 19,579,082,587 Financial Administration 158,241 687,501,071 10,596 19,415,636 164,344 706,916,707 Other Government Administration 48,696 223,856,494 10,726 21,430,460 53,782 245,286,954 Judicial and Legal 171,364 878,412,788 9,774 22,826,192 176,496 901,238,980 Police Protection Total 105,608 555,500,404 3,132 5,145,409 106,864 560,645,813 Police Officers Only 68,083 407,966,693 1,004 1,645,736 68,326 409,612,429 Other Police Employees 37,525 147,533,711 2,128 3,499,673 38,538 151,033,384 Fire Protection Total NA NA NA NA NA NA Corrections 467,000 1,889,413,105 9,596 25,211,224 472,306 1,914,624,329 Highways 223,711 957,280,157 11,691 26,092,176 230,370 983,372,333 Air Transportation 3,057 15,819,558 77 149,813 3,093 15,969,371 Water Transport and Terminals 4,713 24,373,822 112 124,758 4,752 24,498,580 Public Welfare 228,898 849,139,493 12,184 26,217,075 235,934 875,356,568 Health 185,267 766,841,932 14,513 34,213,310 193,456 801,055,242 Hospitals 366,566 1,617,285,403 71,593 220,180,261 409,195 1,837,465,664 Social Insurance Administration 82,597 341,113,215 9,023 20,244,996 88,456 361,358,211 Solid Waste Management 2,134 10,975,333 99 212,051 2,189 11,187,384 Sewerage 1,708 10,050,094 49 223,881 1,730 10,273,975 Parks and Recreation 28,225 99,244,524 13,716 16,039,846 34,271 115,284,370 Housing and Community Development 0 0 0 0 0 0 Natural Resources 125,432 532,208,608 29,259 43,763,829 140,242 575,972,437 Water Supply 698 3,906,202 25 103,598 714 4,009,800 Electric Power 4,080 26,851,776 79 211,666 4,126 27,063,442 Gas Supply 0 0 0 0 0 0 Transit 31,276 193,463,338 1,547 3,152,488 32,213 196,615,826 Education Total 1,375,774 7,031,195,993 1,293,411 1,485,284,080 1,824,042 8,516,480,073 Elementary & Secondary Education Total 46,513 209,794,622 17,899 16,966,357 51,745 226,760,979 Elem & Sec Instructional Employees 33,078 170,677,048 11,530 11,604,057 36,203 182,281,105 Elem & Sec Other Employees 13,435 39,117,574 6,369 5,362,300 15,542 44,479,874 Higher Education Total 1,248,867 6,469,392,310 1,261,663 1,446,031,949 1,685,920 7,915,424,259 Higher Ed Instructional Employees 403,654 2,872,842,781 414,999 690,718,905 549,071 3,563,561,686 Higher Ed Other Employees 845,213 3,596,549,529 846,664 755,313,044 1,136,849 4,351,862,573 Other Education 80,394 352,009,061 13,849 22,285,774 86,377 374,294,835 Libraries 488 1,475,844 210 127,948 555 1,603,792 State Liquor Stores 6,486 21,834,131 5,310 8,133,657 9,822 29,967,788 All Other and Unallocable 181,858 836,966,804 14,976 25,868,144 188,825 862,834,948