2011 Public Employment and Payroll Data Local Governments United States Total Revised May 2013 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. Total Full-time Part-time Full-Time March Full-time pay Part-time pay Equivalent Pay Government Function employees ($) employees ($) Employment ($) Total 10,786,166 46,989,101,504 3,201,897 3,522,535,869 11,973,790 50,511,637,373 Financial Administration 212,327 941,669,132 34,996 35,723,976 223,137 977,393,108 Other Government Administration 187,874 842,599,906 131,544 81,649,158 211,516 924,249,064 Judicial and Legal 229,639 1,083,182,118 32,634 45,501,881 241,467 1,128,683,999 Police Protection Total 810,190 4,417,410,663 94,841 90,877,062 843,573 4,508,287,725 Police Officers Only 636,088 3,709,013,376 32,176 33,006,394 646,934 3,742,019,770 Other Police Employees 174,102 708,397,287 62,665 57,870,668 196,639 766,267,955 Fire Protection Total 323,459 1,941,256,992 86,480 40,538,477 339,216 1,981,795,469 Firefighters Only 297,094 1,803,932,623 80,213 34,777,571 311,141 1,838,710,194 Other Fire Employees 26,365 137,324,369 6,267 5,760,906 28,075 143,085,275 Corrections 253,646 1,079,487,721 13,713 19,142,967 260,495 1,098,630,688 Highways 271,586 1,084,917,392 20,266 20,940,342 279,779 1,105,857,734 Air Transportation 41,359 205,405,297 3,275 4,591,335 42,985 209,996,632 Water Transport and Terminals 7,922 42,855,311 866 1,027,001 8,281 43,882,312 Public Welfare 246,392 989,557,231 36,652 53,510,540 266,425 1,043,067,771 Health 224,984 963,778,184 52,967 82,454,879 249,242 1,046,233,063 Hospitals 495,252 2,393,988,150 128,551 303,327,151 566,212 2,697,315,301 Social Insurance Administration 311 1,785,221 0 0 311 1,785,221 Solid Waste Management 97,004 376,584,759 13,052 12,323,055 102,913 388,907,814 Sewerage 122,001 554,385,468 5,901 5,364,242 123,743 559,749,710 Parks and Recreation 152,327 592,997,872 199,380 152,214,071 220,570 745,211,943 Housing and Community Development 103,287 452,235,999 10,964 13,154,501 107,984 465,390,500 Natural Resources 34,696 148,191,226 6,731 6,029,060 37,087 154,220,286 Water Supply 166,714 762,649,399 12,255 12,021,925 170,664 774,671,324 Electric Power 73,690 485,632,658 2,375 4,928,492 74,997 490,561,150 Gas Supply 10,547 45,673,909 335 624,166 10,733 46,298,075 Transit 189,677 985,804,092 16,649 29,119,112 199,605 1,014,923,204 Education Total 6,220,080 25,280,856,499 2,138,152 2,357,298,565 7,020,861 27,638,155,064 Elementary & Secondary Education Total 5,973,875 24,054,864,427 1,765,383 1,942,925,007 6,674,873 25,997,789,434 Elem & Sec Instructional Employees 4,309,209 19,462,778,887 956,532 1,113,181,232 4,672,948 20,575,960,119 Elem & Sec Other Employees 1,664,666 4,592,085,540 808,851 829,743,775 2,001,925 5,421,829,315 Higher Education Total 246,205 1,225,992,072 372,769 414,373,558 345,988 1,640,365,630 Higher Ed Instructional Employees 90,494 583,834,277 210,077 294,332,284 137,107 878,166,561 Higher Ed Other Employees 155,711 642,157,795 162,692 120,041,274 208,881 762,199,069 Other Education 0 0 0 0 0 0 Local Libraries 88,388 329,002,505 95,251 90,454,656 126,857 419,457,161 State Liquor Stores 0 0 0 0 0 0 All Other and Unallocable 222,814 987,193,800 64,067 59,719,255 245,137 1,046,913,055 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 0.10 0.10 0.08 0.08 Financial Administration 0.19 0.16 0.41 0.40 0.19 0.15 Other Government Administration 0.20 0.19 0.23 0.28 0.20 0.17 Judicial and Legal 0.17 0.12 0.27 0.27 0.19 0.12 Police Protection Total 0.15 0.13 0.32 0.24 0.15 0.13 Police Officers Only 0.15 0.13 0.26 0.26 0.14 0.13 Other Police Employees 0.17 0.15 0.35 0.22 0.16 0.14 Fire Protection Total 0.25 0.25 0.49 0.85 0.27 0.25 Firefighters Only 0.25 0.25 0.47 0.81 0.26 0.25 Other Fire Employees 0.29 0.30 0.81 1.08 0.36 0.29 Corrections 0.29 0.19 0.45 0.42 0.30 0.19 Highways 0.23 0.20 0.18 0.18 0.23 0.20 Air Transportation 0.34 0.27 0.92 0.78 0.38 0.26 Water Transport and Terminals 0.46 0.41 0.16 0.33 0.45 0.40 Public Welfare 0.38 0.30 0.74 0.73 0.41 0.28 Health 0.31 0.25 0.47 0.36 0.33 0.23 Hospitals 0.21 0.18 0.42 0.43 0.22 0.17 Social Insurance Administration 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 Solid Waste Management 0.26 0.21 0.51 0.41 0.28 0.20 Sewerage 0.24 0.24 0.42 0.31 0.24 0.24 Parks and Recreation 0.26 0.27 0.38 0.37 0.29 0.23 Housing and Community Development 0.41 0.38 0.41 0.44 0.43 0.37 Natural Resources 0.34 0.37 0.34 0.41 0.36 0.36 Water Supply 0.26 0.27 0.24 0.30 0.26 0.27 Electric Power 0.40 0.40 0.48 0.77 0.40 0.39 Gas Supply 0.41 0.34 0.18 0.10 0.40 0.34 Transit 0.22 0.18 0.98 0.83 0.25 0.18 Education Total 0.20 0.20 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 0.22 0.24 0.19 0.17 Higher Education Total 0.35 0.31 0.42 0.41 0.33 0.25 Higher Ed Instructional Employees 0.34 0.31 0.45 0.40 0.35 0.24 Higher Ed Other Employees 0.35 0.31 0.38 0.43 0.32 0.27 Other Education 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 Local Libraries 0.29 0.29 0.37 0.39 0.31 0.24 State Liquor Stores 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 All Other and Unallocable 0.21 0.18 0.36 0.26 0.22 0.17