2003 Public Employment Data
State and Local Governments
ILLINOIS

Population Estimate (July, 2003) 12,653,544

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

Total                                       641,248          0.46      2,253,948,185          0.23        509.47
Financial administration                     13,239          1.88         45,979,389          1.03         10.52
Other government administration              11,743          2.01         44,423,137          1.61          9.33
Judicial and Legal                           17,058          0.22         69,220,090          0.30         13.55
Police with power of arrest                  35,379          0.74        143,430,370          0.44         28.11
Police - other                               10,554          1.39         32,974,501          0.95          8.39
Firefighters                                 15,930          3.66         74,703,639          1.11         12.66
Fire - other                                    982          6.09          2,391,907          4.64          0.78
Correction                                   23,290          0.04         84,005,750          0.05         18.50
Highways                                     20,981          1.47         82,617,146          0.78         16.67
Air transportation                            2,331          0.00         10,235,148          0.02          1.85
Water transport and canals                      139          0.00            557,066          0.00          0.11
Public Welfare                               17,703          0.25         56,270,671          0.49         14.07
Health                                       10,599          0.70         36,842,954          0.55          8.42
Hospitals                                    25,288          0.01         96,113,552          0.04         20.09
Social insurance administration               2,338          0.00          9,368,343          0.00          1.86
Solid waste management                        5,425          0.03         24,473,368          0.26          4.31
Sewerage                                      6,162          1.43         28,495,690          0.48          4.90
Parks and recreation                         17,350          1.41         45,883,127          0.70         13.78
Housing and community developmen              3,597          1.19         12,063,373          1.54          2.86
Natural resources                             5,251          0.03         17,444,083          0.26          4.17
Water supply                                  6,056          1.88         24,923,647          1.46          4.81
Electric power                                1,209          3.81          5,460,155          7.27          0.96
Gas supply                                      124          2.12            334,503          0.78          0.10
Transit                                      17,027          0.00         61,749,072          0.00         13.53
Elem & Sec Instructional                    192,882          0.86        716,285,897          0.64        153.25
Elem & Sec - Other                           75,955          2.50        182,766,242          1.55         60.35
Higher Ed Instructional                      24,819          0.00        119,724,916          0.00         19.72
Higher Ed - Other                            52,686          0.00        142,008,055          0.00         41.86
Other education                               2,381          0.00          8,940,556          0.00          1.89
Libraries                                     9,152          2.28         23,183,810          1.60          7.27
State liquor stores                               0          0.00                  0          0.00          0.00
All other and unallocable                    13,618          1.19         51,078,028          0.91         10.82