FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT BY FUNCTION: OCTOBER 1992 TOTAL FULL-TIME PART-TIME FUNCTION EMPLOYEES EMPLOYEES EMPLOYEES TOTAL-ALL FUNCTIONS 3,046,873 2,736,962 309,911 Financial Administration 137,744 132,346 5,398 Other Government Adminstration 28,966 27,495 1,471 Judicial and Legal 50,768 48,107 2,661 Police 87,616 84,128 3,488 Correction 23,818 23,628 190 Highways 4,110 3,857 253 Air Transportation 53,937 52,872 1,065 Water Transport & Terminals 14,725 14,198 527 Public Welfare 10,385 9,663 722 Health 144,339 126,594 17,745 Hospitals 173,864 143,843 30,021 Social Insurance Administration 68,787 64,790 3,997 Parks and Recreation 27,156 24,654 2,502 Housing & Community Development 28,006 25,264 2,742 Natural Resources 232,124 215,754 16,370 Nat Defense/International Relat 984,226 958,773 25,453 Postal Service 774,028 595,486 178,542 Space Research & Technology 25,339 24,630 709 Other Education* 13,790 12,798 992 Libraries 4,945 4,575 370 Other and Unallocable 158,200 143,507 14,693 * Includes Department of Education and the National Science Foundation, plus parts of the Bureau of Indian Affairs