2011 Public Employment and Payroll Data State and 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 14,560,581 64,670,449,940 4,852,374 5,707,148,808 16,358,439 70,377,598,748 Financial Administration 366,658 1,637,805,945 51,404 59,557,007 384,867 1,697,362,952 Other Government Administration 239,681 1,082,082,888 163,099 110,968,450 270,242 1,193,051,338 Judicial and Legal 399,068 1,969,540,241 43,129 69,795,277 416,157 2,039,335,518 Police Protection Total 886,011 4,772,184,079 109,112 104,913,667 923,951 4,877,097,747 Police Officers Only 676,520 3,923,508,563 39,043 40,458,893 690,109 3,963,967,456 Other Police Employees 209,491 848,675,516 70,069 64,454,775 233,842 913,130,291 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 705,646 2,961,859,734 23,339 44,702,808 717,940 3,006,562,543 Highways 497,812 2,084,817,951 36,058 49,624,548 513,973 2,134,442,498 Air Transportation 44,403 221,587,756 3,917 5,085,865 46,182 226,673,621 Water Transport and Terminals 12,305 70,724,163 1,129 1,291,004 12,712 72,015,167 Public Welfare 473,205 1,850,851,819 50,446 81,443,811 500,423 1,932,295,631 Health 408,675 1,750,308,512 70,161 116,759,416 440,763 1,867,067,929 Hospitals 847,966 3,963,110,867 205,856 557,096,377 964,381 4,520,207,245 Social Insurance Administration 82,638 345,836,957 8,474 18,727,997 88,013 364,564,954 Solid Waste Management 100,911 396,433,618 14,780 13,946,931 107,461 410,380,549 Sewerage 121,917 560,565,163 8,281 7,228,181 124,144 567,793,344 Parks and Recreation 184,868 696,802,420 214,257 172,393,092 260,838 869,195,513 Housing and Community Development 104,503 450,959,938 12,038 14,933,389 109,738 465,893,326 Natural Resources 159,290 680,537,545 38,961 52,062,744 176,862 732,600,289 Water Supply 163,806 746,897,926 15,629 14,575,126 168,473 761,473,052 Electric Power 76,001 499,155,283 2,756 5,868,006 77,423 505,023,289 Gas Supply 11,376 48,222,521 384 618,975 11,552 48,841,496 Transit 220,250 1,167,299,729 18,395 33,236,780 231,206 1,200,536,509 Education Total 7,627,254 32,630,441,522 3,476,018 3,934,721,089 8,893,861 36,565,162,611 Elementary & Secondary Education Total 6,042,256 24,325,420,678 1,803,081 1,992,898,196 6,755,892 26,318,318,873 Elem & Sec Instructional Employees 4,339,887 19,605,004,475 972,458 1,136,739,846 4,708,795 20,741,744,321 Elem & Sec Other Employees 1,702,369 4,720,416,202 830,623 856,158,350 2,047,097 5,576,574,552 Higher Education Total 1,505,151 7,952,102,376 1,659,548 1,919,438,584 2,052,245 9,871,540,959 Higher Ed Instructional Employees 495,095 3,561,344,988 639,380 1,027,869,143 694,752 4,589,214,131 Higher Ed Other Employees 1,010,057 4,390,757,388 1,020,168 891,569,441 1,357,493 5,282,326,829 Other Education 79,846 352,918,468 13,389 22,384,310 85,724 375,302,778 Local Libraries 88,832 327,576,556 98,294 94,875,366 128,490 422,451,922 State Liquor Stores 6,450 22,104,642 5,360 8,123,664 9,697 30,228,306 All Other and Unallocable 410,744 1,827,488,796 84,326 89,246,409 440,681 1,916,735,206 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 0.24 0.11 0.09 Other Government Administration 0.16 0.15 0.18 0.21 0.15 0.13 Judicial and Legal 0.10 0.07 0.20 0.18 0.10 0.06 Police Protection Total 0.14 0.12 0.25 0.21 0.14 0.12 Police Officers Only 0.14 0.12 0.22 0.21 0.14 0.12 Other Police Employees 0.14 0.13 0.27 0.20 0.14 0.12 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 0.08 0.06 0.26 0.18 0.08 0.06 Highways 0.13 0.10 0.10 0.07 0.12 0.10 Air Transportation 0.29 0.23 1.46 1.31 0.32 0.22 Water Transport and Terminals 0.29 0.25 0.12 0.26 0.29 0.24 Public Welfare 0.19 0.16 0.50 0.47 0.21 0.15 Health 0.16 0.13 0.35 0.25 0.17 0.12 Hospitals 0.12 0.11 0.26 0.23 0.13 0.10 Social Insurance Administration 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 Solid Waste Management 0.25 0.19 0.45 0.36 0.26 0.19 Sewerage 0.24 0.23 0.31 0.23 0.24 0.23 Parks and Recreation 0.21 0.23 0.37 0.34 0.25 0.20 Housing and Community Development 0.41 0.38 0.39 0.40 0.41 0.37 Natural Resources 0.07 0.07 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.07 Water Supply 0.26 0.27 0.18 0.23 0.26 0.27 Electric Power 0.38 0.38 0.37 0.52 0.38 0.38 Gas Supply 0.35 0.30 0.15 0.09 0.35 0.30 Transit 0.19 0.15 0.89 0.74 0.21 0.15 Education Total 0.16 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.14 Elementary & Secondary Education Total 0.19 0.19 0.20 0.21 0.19 0.17 Elem & Sec Instructional Employees 0.19 0.19 0.20 0.19 0.18 0.18 Elem & Sec Other Employees 0.19 0.19 0.21 0.23 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 0.12 0.07 0.05 Higher Ed Other Employees 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.06 0.05 0.04 Other Education 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 Local Libraries 0.29 0.28 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 0.12 0.09 0.20 0.16 0.12 0.09