2002 Public Employment Data
State and Local Governments
TEXAS

Population (2000) 20,851,820  


                                                                   Full-time
                                                   Total           Equivalent
                       Full-time                   March           Employment
                       Equivalent                  Payroll         per 10,000
Function               Employment                   ($)            Population

TOTAL                   1,248,838            3,566,568,910             598.91
FINANCIAL ADMIN            23,320               72,508,987              11.18
CENTRAL ADMIN              15,444               48,126,867               7.41
JUDICIAL-LEGAL             24,035               80,655,215              11.53
POLICE-ARREST              44,341              165,270,372              21.26
POLICE-OTHER               16,218               40,679,487               7.78
FIREFIGHTERS               19,708               80,519,631               9.45
OTHER                       1,684                5,021,513               0.81
CORRECTION                 70,843              178,778,712              33.97
STREETS & HWYS             35,361               95,722,160              16.96
AIRPORTS                    4,662               14,369,780               2.24
WATER TRANSPORT               950                3,731,264               0.46
PUBLIC WELFARE             24,497               63,558,569              11.75
HEALTH                     36,399               98,585,498              17.46
HOSPITALS                  75,174              228,608,199              36.05
SOC INSUR ADMIN             5,005               14,436,487               2.40
SOLID WASTE MGMT            6,456               15,613,668               3.10
SEWERAGE                    9,748               27,972,753               4.67
PARKS & RECREATION         16,953               38,180,879               8.13
HOUSING & COMM DEV          6,166               14,792,464               2.96
NATURAL RESOURCES          15,476               48,705,281               7.42
WATER SUPPLY               14,748               41,698,868               7.07
ELECTRIC POWER              7,899               31,591,536               3.79
GAS SUPPLY                  1,419                4,772,109               0.68
TRANSIT                    10,721               30,112,785               5.14
ELEM&SEC INSTRUCT         419,667            1,229,693,681             201.26
ELEM&SEC OTHER-TOT        179,570              329,611,331              86.12
HIGHER ED INSTRUCT         43,218              223,012,361              20.73
HIGHER ED OTHER            86,296              245,451,039              41.39
OTHER ED - STATE            4,926               15,803,251               2.36
LOCAL LIBRARIES             6,261               14,810,176               3.00
STATE LIQUOR STORES             0                        0               0.00
OTHER & UNALLOCABLE        21,673               64,173,987              10.39