FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT BY FUNCTION: MARCH 2003 Payroll in whole dollars. Total Total Full-Time March Function Employees Employees Payroll TOTAL - ALL FUNCTIONS 2,717,080 2,453,158 12,672,951,191 Financial Administration 115,172 110,964 587,289,464 Other Government Administration 22,021 21,122 123,929,464 Judicial and Legal 61,984 58,807 353,077,964 Police Protection - Officers 156,607 149,201 760,469,857 Correction 34,776 34,673 165,399,393 Streets and Highways 2,926 2,858 19,857,714 Airports 49,090 48,557 446,977,929 Water Transport and Terminals 5,106 4,877 14,435,164 Welfare 8,917 8,638 54,591,800 Health 134,186 124,828 758,035,261 Hospitals 154,785 139,319 809,630,089 Social Insurance Administration 67,982 65,247 330,378,071 Parks and Recreation 27,453 25,800 111,867,929 Housing and Community Development 16,844 16,562 109,323,714 Natural Resources 193,820 183,981 980,761,171 National Defense and International 682,440 658,691 2,603,567,679 Postal Service (Federal) 785,865 624,530 3,266,563,000 Space Research and Technology 18,985 18,687 136,371,214 Other Education* 11,140 10,664 61,794,625 Local Libraries 4,442 4,162 24,670,464 Other and Unallocable 162,539 140,990 953,959,225 * Includes Department of Education and the National Science Foundation, plus parts of the Bureau of Indian Affairs