2011 Public Employment and Payroll Data Local Governments United States Total SOURCE: 2011 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. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Total Full-time Part-time Full-Time March Full-time pay Part-time pay Equivalent Pay Government Function employees ($) employees ($) Employment ($) Total 10,781,323 46,773,983,844 3,318,107 3,631,752,914 11,999,059 50,405,736,758 Financial Administration 210,180 938,862,938 41,481 40,556,655 222,584 979,419,593 Other Government Administration 191,865 860,103,178 152,573 89,278,684 217,307 949,381,862 Judicial and Legal 232,038 1,089,735,867 33,339 46,238,354 243,980 1,135,974,221 Police Protection Total 782,739 4,208,166,047 106,504 100,358,135 819,445 4,308,524,183 Police Officers Only 609,849 3,507,627,164 38,434 39,386,380 623,259 3,547,013,544 Other Police Employees 172,890 700,538,883 68,070 60,971,756 196,186 761,510,639 Fire Protection Total 320,311 1,905,253,370 96,773 45,352,826 338,408 1,950,606,196 Firefighters Only 295,576 1,781,236,979 88,445 38,626,738 311,562 1,819,863,717 Other Fire Employees 24,735 124,016,391 8,327 6,726,088 26,846 130,742,479 Corrections 248,396 1,064,980,702 14,465 20,131,246 255,391 1,085,111,949 Highways 279,685 1,124,072,016 24,422 24,039,982 288,970 1,148,111,997 Air Transportation 41,340 205,379,744 3,847 4,943,095 43,085 210,322,839 Water Transport and Terminals 7,706 46,652,215 1,022 1,204,473 8,087 47,856,688 Public Welfare 248,393 997,087,839 38,804 54,808,888 268,225 1,051,896,728 Health 219,377 950,113,069 56,300 85,354,374 244,339 1,035,467,444 Hospitals 492,601 2,349,529,064 134,898 307,882,497 565,162 2,657,411,562 Social Insurance Administration 311 1,785,221 0 0 311 1,785,221 Solid Waste Management 98,957 385,384,157 14,679 13,725,358 105,447 399,109,515 Sewerage 120,222 550,632,653 8,233 6,999,482 122,427 557,632,135 Parks and Recreation 156,875 595,240,307 200,932 157,255,716 226,822 752,496,024 Housing and Community Development 104,503 450,959,938 12,038 14,933,389 109,738 465,893,326 Natural Resources 35,679 144,437,371 10,755 8,540,946 39,127 152,978,317 Water Supply 163,090 743,012,330 15,601 14,466,887 167,742 757,479,217 Electric Power 71,942 471,861,638 2,714 5,741,863 73,338 477,603,501 Gas Supply 11,376 48,222,521 384 618,975 11,552 48,841,496 Transit 188,446 980,643,145 16,662 29,935,321 198,419 1,010,578,466 Education Total 6,236,273 25,352,083,009 2,162,961 2,399,862,266 7,046,954 27,751,945,275 Elementary & Secondary Education Total 5,997,891 24,118,046,062 1,786,501 1,977,478,255 6,707,232 26,095,524,316 Elem & Sec Instructional Employees 4,308,277 19,434,772,868 961,061 1,126,065,072 4,674,273 20,560,837,940 Elem & Sec Other Employees 1,689,614 4,683,273,193 825,440 851,413,183 2,032,959 5,534,686,376 Higher Education Total 238,381 1,234,036,947 376,460 422,384,012 339,722 1,656,420,958 Higher Ed Instructional Employees 88,669 584,222,917 210,939 296,568,493 135,745 880,791,410 Higher Ed Other Employees 149,713 649,814,030 165,521 125,815,519 203,977 775,629,549 Other Education 0 0 0 0 0 0 Local Libraries 88,366 325,981,372 98,074 94,657,194 127,926 420,638,566 State Liquor Stores 0 0 0 0 0 0 All Other and Unallocable 230,652 983,804,134 70,648 64,866,305 254,272 1,048,670,440 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 0.20 0.16 0.35 0.35 0.19 0.15 Other Government Administration 0.20 0.18 0.20 0.26 0.19 0.17 Judicial and Legal 0.17 0.12 0.27 0.27 0.18 0.12 Police Protection Total 0.16 0.14 0.26 0.22 0.15 0.14 Police Officers Only 0.15 0.14 0.22 0.22 0.15 0.14 Other Police Employees 0.17 0.15 0.28 0.22 0.17 0.14 Fire Protection Total 0.26 0.27 0.46 0.73 0.27 0.26 Firefighters Only 0.26 0.26 0.45 0.70 0.27 0.26 Other Fire Employees 0.29 0.33 0.58 0.90 0.35 0.31 Corrections 0.23 0.16 0.42 0.39 0.23 0.16 Highways 0.22 0.19 0.14 0.15 0.22 0.19 Air Transportation 0.31 0.24 1.48 1.35 0.35 0.24 Water Transport and Terminals 0.46 0.37 0.14 0.28 0.45 0.37 Public Welfare 0.37 0.29 0.66 0.69 0.40 0.28 Health 0.31 0.23 0.44 0.34 0.30 0.22 Hospitals 0.21 0.18 0.39 0.42 0.22 0.17 Social Insurance Administration 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 Solid Waste Management 0.25 0.20 0.45 0.36 0.26 0.19 Sewerage 0.24 0.24 0.31 0.24 0.24 0.23 Parks and Recreation 0.25 0.27 0.40 0.37 0.29 0.23 Housing and Community Development 0.41 0.38 0.39 0.40 0.41 0.37 Natural Resources 0.30 0.34 0.21 0.36 0.29 0.32 Water Supply 0.26 0.27 0.18 0.24 0.26 0.27 Electric Power 0.40 0.40 0.37 0.53 0.40 0.40 Gas Supply 0.35 0.30 0.15 0.09 0.35 0.30 Transit 0.22 0.18 0.99 0.82 0.25 0.18 Education Total 0.20 0.19 0.24 0.25 0.19 0.18 Elementary & Secondary Education Total 0.19 0.19 0.21 0.21 0.19 0.18 Elem & Sec Instructional Employees 0.19 0.19 0.20 0.20 0.19 0.18 Elem & Sec Other Employees 0.20 0.19 0.21 0.23 0.19 0.16 Higher Education Total 0.35 0.30 0.42 0.41 0.33 0.25 Higher Ed Instructional Employees 0.34 0.30 0.45 0.41 0.34 0.24 Higher Ed Other Employees 0.36 0.31 0.38 0.41 0.33 0.27 Other Education 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 Local Libraries 0.29 0.29 0.36 0.37 0.30 0.24 State Liquor Stores 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 All Other and Unallocable 0.21 0.17 0.24 0.22 0.21 0.16