2011 Public Employment and Payroll Data State 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 3,779,258 17,896,466,096 1,534,267 2,075,395,894 4,359,380 19,971,861,990 Financial Administration 156,478 698,943,007 9,923 19,000,352 162,283 717,943,359 Other Government Administration 47,816 221,979,710 10,526 21,689,766 52,935 243,669,476 Judicial and Legal 167,030 879,804,374 9,790 23,556,923 172,177 903,361,297 Police Protection Total 103,272 564,018,032 2,608 4,555,532 104,506 568,573,564 Police Officers Only 66,671 415,881,399 609 1,072,513 66,850 416,953,912 Other Police Employees 36,601 148,136,633 1,999 3,483,019 37,656 151,619,652 Fire Protection Total NA NA NA NA NA NA Corrections 457,250 1,896,879,032 8,874 24,571,562 462,549 1,921,450,594 Highways 218,127 960,745,935 11,636 25,584,566 225,003 986,330,501 Air Transportation 3,063 16,208,012 70 142,770 3,097 16,350,782 Water Transport and Terminals 4,599 24,071,948 107 86,531 4,625 24,158,479 Public Welfare 224,812 853,763,980 11,642 26,634,923 232,198 880,398,903 Health 189,298 800,195,443 13,861 31,405,042 196,424 831,600,485 Hospitals 355,365 1,613,581,803 70,958 249,213,880 399,219 1,862,795,683 Social Insurance Administration 82,327 344,051,736 8,474 18,727,997 87,702 362,779,733 Solid Waste Management 1,954 11,049,461 101 221,573 2,014 11,271,034 Sewerage 1,695 9,932,510 48 228,699 1,717 10,161,209 Parks and Recreation 27,993 101,562,113 13,325 15,137,376 34,016 116,699,489 Housing and Community Development 0 0 0 0 0 0 Natural Resources 123,611 536,100,174 28,206 43,521,798 137,735 579,621,972 Water Supply 716 3,885,596 28 108,239 731 3,993,835 Electric Power 4,059 27,293,645 42 126,143 4,085 27,419,788 Gas Supply 0 0 0 0 0 0 Transit 31,804 186,656,584 1,733 3,301,459 32,787 189,958,043 Education Total 1,390,981 7,278,358,513 1,313,057 1,534,858,823 1,846,907 8,813,217,336 Elementary & Secondary Education Total 44,365 207,374,616 16,580 15,419,941 48,660 222,794,557 Elem & Sec Instructional Employees 31,610 170,231,607 11,397 10,674,774 34,522 180,906,381 Elem & Sec Other Employees 12,755 37,143,009 5,183 4,745,167 14,138 41,888,176 Higher Education Total 1,266,770 6,718,065,429 1,283,088 1,497,054,572 1,712,523 8,215,120,001 Higher Ed Instructional Employees 406,426 2,977,122,071 428,441 731,300,650 559,007 3,708,422,721 Higher Ed Other Employees 860,344 3,740,943,358 854,647 765,753,922 1,153,516 4,506,697,280 Other Education 79,846 352,918,468 13,389 22,384,310 85,724 375,302,778 Libraries 466 1,595,184 220 218,172 564 1,813,356 State Liquor Stores 6,450 22,104,642 5,360 8,123,664 9,697 30,228,306 All Other and Unallocable 180,092 843,684,662 13,678 24,380,104 186,409 868,064,766