STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT DATA: MARCH 1997 PENNSYLVANIA STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS State Population Estimate (July, 1997) 12019661 Total Employees Full-Time (Full-time + Equivalent Payroll Function Part-time) Employment March Total 607118 515927 1510172414 Financial Administration 19953 15455 39546356 Central Administration 20264 12285 31695974 Judicial & Legal 17696 16117 41219442 Police Protection 36134 30990 98737250 with Power of Arrest 26845 24672 85221707 Other 9289 6318 13515543 Fire Protection 6511 5994 20436565 Firefighters 5901 5521 19282387 Fire Other 610 473 1154178 Corrections 25434 25085 67905362 Streets & Highways 25730 24226 62554307 Airports 1481 1403 4007478 Water Transportation 997 967 2200721 Public Welfare 34599 32106 77168445 Health 7141 6769 18435878 Hospitals 15921 15576 38171707 Social Insurance Admin 4522 4516 13242988 Solid Waste Mgmt 3487 3332 8174763 Sewage Disposal 6146 5459 14716545 Parks & Recreation 6696 5128 11884952 Housing & Comm Dev 6695 6398 16085244 Natural Resources 8406 7685 23539698 Water Supply 5848 5298 14384032 Electric Power 164 148 464603 Gas Supply 7 7 20747 Transit 13449 13336 46479226 Elem & Sec Total 227462 201147 627202449 Instructional 154801 141593 501658562 Other 72661 59554 125543887 Higher Educ. Total 88002 56271 180203393 Instructional 27496 19842 96986058 Other 60506 36429 83217335 Other Education 3032 2887 8615727 Libraries 1809 1455 3552924 State Liquor Stores 4336 3101 7505365 Other & Unallocable 15196 12786 32020273