2005 Public Employment Data
State and Local Governments
ILLINOIS

Population Estimate (July 2005) 12,763,371

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

Total                                       637,313          0.64      2,395,059,340          0.58        499.33
Financial Administration                     12,733          2.15         49,043,161          1.11          9.98
Other Government Administration              11,829          3.41         48,317,864          2.30          9.27
Judicial and Legal                           17,189          1.70         72,843,021          0.84         13.47
Police Protection - Officers                 37,458          1.43        161,147,123          2.07         29.35
Police - Other                               10,748          2.47         36,853,559          1.87          8.42
Firefighters                                 15,193          2.36         79,588,071          1.40         11.90
Fire - Other                                    933          9.34          2,764,702          4.60          0.73
Correction                                   24,154          0.76         97,159,080          0.43         18.92
Highways                                     20,023          2.38         81,908,719          1.55         15.69
Air Transportation                            2,028          0.14          8,752,849          0.17          1.59
Water Transport & Terminals                     124          0.00            502,624          0.00          0.10
Public Welfare                               16,269          1.50         58,562,756          0.77         12.75
Health                                       10,224          3.48         37,895,413          1.55          8.01
Hospitals                                    25,350          0.00        108,080,284          0.00         19.86
Social Insurance Administration               2,421          0.00         11,129,160          0.00          1.90
Solid Waste Management                        5,554          2.72         24,342,800          2.00          4.35
Sewerage                                      5,893          4.11         30,194,866          2.80          4.62
Parks and Recreation                         15,407          1.55         46,723,663          1.54         12.07
Housing & Community Development               3,639          0.93         12,857,001          0.80          2.85
Natural Resources                             5,176          0.79         18,037,677          0.47          4.06
Water Supply                                  5,821          5.37         25,167,977          4.42          4.56
Electric Power                                1,035          0.00          5,482,427          0.00          0.81
Gas Supply                                      103          5.60            263,702          7.24          0.08
Transit                                      15,946          0.00         68,641,457          0.00         12.49
Elem & Sec Instructional                    197,571          1.88        767,483,898          1.41        154.80
Elem & Secondary - Other                     71,175          3.59        171,540,466          3.43         55.77
Higher Ed Instructional                      24,827          0.00        129,478,236          0.00         19.45
Higher Ed - Other                            54,619          0.00        155,420,399          0.00         42.79
Other Education                               2,233          0.00          8,952,146          0.00          1.75
Libraries                                     9,097          3.19         25,237,829          2.84          7.13
Liquor Stores                                     0          0.00                  0          0.00          0.00
Other and Unallocable                        12,541          3.40         50,686,410          1.77          9.83