1998 Public Employment Data State and Local Governments Illinois Population 12,045,326 Full-time Total Equivalent Full-time March Employment Equivalent CV Payroll CV per 10,000 Employment (%) ($) (%) Population TOTAL. . . . . . . . 607,768 0.48 1,869,617,670 0.43 504.6 Function FINANCIAL ADMIN. . . 13,376 1.15 38,742,616 1.41 11.1 CENTRAL ADMIN. . . . 11,488 2.99 32,763,286 2.14 9.5 JUDICIAL-LEGAL . . . 16,136 0.44 53,115,324 0.22 13.4 POLICE-ARREST. . . . 33,063 0.47 150,316,745 0.44 27.4 POLICE-OTHER . . . . 11,086 1.07 32,565,867 0.74 9.2 FIREFIGHTERS . . . . 14,703 1.83 64,914,883 0.85 12.2 FIRE-OTHER . . . . . 925 5.71 2,486,408 2.75 0.8 CORRECTION . . . . . 22,993 0.10 71,575,693 0.24 19.1 STREETS & HWYS . . . 19,506 1.29 61,477,726 0.68 16.2 AIRPORTS . . . . . . 2,368 1.00 8,562,179 0.42 2.0 WATER TRANSPORT. . . 135 0.00 486,091 0.00 0.1 PUBLIC WELFARE . . . 19,165 1.91 53,363,777 1.63 15.9 HEALTH . . . . . . . 9,939 1.38 28,715,519 0.93 8.3 HOSPITALS . . . . . 27,736 2.30 78,141,556 1.36 23.0 SOC INSUR ADMIN. . . 2,668 0.00 9,271,542 0.00 2.2 SOLID WASTE MGMT . . 5,290 1.26 22,508,006 0.58 4.4 SEWERAGE . . . . . . 6,138 1.76 23,031,659 1.10 5.1 PARKS & RECREATION . 15,755 3.86 38,137,356 4.16 13.1 HOUSING & COMM DEV . 6,369 0.83 17,755,562 0.98 5.3 NATURAL RESOURCES. . 5,265 1.09 14,199,821 0.48 4.4 WATER SUPPLY . . . . 5,988 2.01 20,646,469 1.47 5.0 ELECTRIC POWER . . . 1,145 2.47 4,165,497 2.71 1.0 GAS SUPPLY . . . . . 141 35.46 336,987 32.09 0.1 TRANSIT. . . . . . . 15,372 0.00 53,016,074 0.00 12.8 ELEM&SEC INSTRUCT. . 177,563 0.44 568,794,468 0.48 147.4 ELEM&SEC OTHER-TOT . 61,432 1.00 134,443,021 0.96 51.0 HIGHER ED INSTRUCT . 25,670 0.00 104,720,202 0.00 21.3 HIGHER ED OTHER. . . 49,314 0.00 108,540,320 0.00 40.9 OTHER ED -STATE. . . 2,993 0.00 9,822,910 0.00 2.5 LOCAL LIBRARIES. . . 8,473 1.19 16,869,195 0.75 7.0 STATE LIQUOR STORES. 0 0.00 0 0.00 0.0 OTHER & UNALLOCABLE. 15,573 2.69 46,130,911 1.40 12.9