2004 Public Employment Data
State and Local Governments
ILLINOIS

Population Estimate (July 2004) 12,713,634

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

Total                                       635,760          0.42      2,315,934,856          0.54        500.06
Financial administration                     12,640          1.83         47,772,181          1.37          9.94
Other government administration              10,446          2.81         42,340,566          2.24          8.22
Judicial and Legal                           16,933          1.64         69,946,593          0.84         13.32
Persons with power of arrest                 36,661          1.52        153,227,613          1.94         28.84
Police - Other                                9,432          2.24         30,715,818          1.52          7.42
Firefighters                                 15,467          2.40         79,155,731          1.63         12.17
Fire - Other                                  1,571          8.14          3,377,784          6.58          1.24
Correction                                   24,415          0.73         92,972,835          0.45         19.20
Highways                                     20,154          1.83         78,523,411          1.21         15.85
Air transportation                            2,108          0.05          9,900,899          0.05          1.66
Water transport and canals                      138          0.00            562,230          0.00          0.11
Public Welfare                               16,911          1.55         59,285,346          0.76         13.30
Health                                        9,930          3.07         36,972,216          1.78          7.81
Hospitals                                    24,171          0.00         99,395,081          0.00         19.01
Social insurance administration               2,409          0.00         10,537,830          0.00          1.89
Solid waste management                        5,395          0.38         24,678,623          0.24          4.24
Sewerage                                      6,223          2.33         28,564,775          1.35          4.89
Parks and recreation                         16,573          1.71         46,575,014          1.18         13.04
Housing and community developmen              3,748          0.79         13,053,525          0.64          2.95
Natural resources                             5,324          0.77         18,115,430          0.38          4.19
Water supply                                  5,735          4.59         21,474,367          3.79          4.51
Electric power                                1,144          0.00          5,483,121          0.00          0.90
Gas supply                                       98          0.00            256,514          0.00          0.08
Transit                                      17,198          0.00         70,755,992          0.00         13.53
Elem & Sec Instructional                    195,033          1.25        744,894,060          1.25        153.40
Elem & Sec  - Other                          72,972          2.58        170,349,818          3.28         57.40
Higher Ed Instructional                      25,049          0.00        124,217,149          0.00         19.70
Higher Ed - Other                            53,716          0.00        148,885,435          0.00         42.25
Other education                               2,381          0.00          9,546,549          0.00          1.87
Libraries                                     9,277          2.88         25,206,949          2.19          7.30
State liquor stores                               0          0.00                  0          0.00          0.00
All other and unallocable                    12,508          1.59         49,191,401          1.08          9.84