2003 Public Employment Data
State and Local Governments
ALABAMA

Population Estimate (July, 2003) 4,500,752

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

Total                                       269,674          0.35        758,999,242          0.30        602.10
Financial administration                      6,754          1.79         19,795,787          0.96         15.08
Other government administration               3,303          5.14          9,910,433          3.10          7.37
Judicial and Legal                            5,072          1.50         17,363,698          0.75         11.32
Police with power of arrest                   9,944          1.82         31,532,535          1.84         22.20
Police - other                                3,335          1.33          7,660,635          1.12          7.45
Firefighters                                  4,916          0.92         16,712,760          0.59         10.98
Fire - other                                    220          0.00            630,049          0.02          0.49
Correction                                    7,685          0.45         22,666,921          0.23         17.16
Highways                                     11,520          0.81         29,037,275          0.60         25.72
Air transportation                              407          0.00          1,046,844          0.01          0.91
Water transport and canals                      403          0.00          1,206,795          0.00          0.90
Public Welfare                                5,222          1.24         13,062,804          0.53         11.66
Health                                        9,764          0.18         26,363,539          0.26         21.80
Hospitals                                    33,560          0.00         99,881,442          0.00         74.93
Social insurance administration               1,304          0.00          3,870,136          0.00          2.91
Solid waste management                        3,907          1.02          9,127,222          0.96          8.72
Sewerage                                      1,491          2.32          4,195,352          2.10          3.33
Parks and recreation                          3,955          1.42          8,709,934          0.46          8.83
Housing and community developmen              2,440          2.20          6,904,209          1.97          5.45
Natural resources                             2,484          0.00          7,265,490          0.39          5.55
Water supply                                  3,622          5.54         10,232,688          3.23          8.09
Electric power                                1,288          0.21          4,445,781          0.02          2.88
Gas supply                                      969          1.14          2,874,360          0.54          2.16
Transit                                         205          1.12            355,015          0.85          0.46
Elem & Sec Instructional                     67,549          1.10        195,176,914          1.35        150.82
Elem & Sec - Other                           30,186          3.10         47,491,701          4.23         67.40
Higher Ed Instructional                      11,927          0.00         62,739,330          0.00         26.63
Higher Ed - Other                            25,352          0.00         68,266,504          0.00         56.60
Other education                               2,665          0.00          8,672,422          0.00          5.95
Libraries                                     1,161          0.46          2,686,090          0.53          2.59
State liquor stores                             648          0.00          1,548,296          0.00          1.45
All other and unallocable                     6,416          1.47         17,566,281          0.72         14.32