2002 Public Employment Data
State and Local Governments
ILLINOIS

Population (2000) 12,419,293  


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

TOTAL                     642,896            2,239,702,929             517.66
FINANCIAL ADMIN            13,793               47,201,340              11.11
CENTRAL ADMIN              11,699               41,736,644               9.42
JUDICIAL-LEGAL             18,149               68,429,314              14.61
POLICE-ARREST              34,801              152,303,599              28.02
POLICE-OTHER               10,160               32,064,732               8.18
FIREFIGHTERS               15,147               71,271,556              12.20
OTHER                         947                2,568,708               0.76
CORRECTION                 26,880               94,760,664              21.64
STREETS & HWYS             21,273               79,251,481              17.13
AIRPORTS                    2,445                9,846,825               1.97
WATER TRANSPORT               156                  623,132               0.13
PUBLIC WELFARE             21,759               72,193,349              17.52
HEALTH                     10,739               36,904,853               8.65
HOSPITALS                  26,426               94,128,749              21.28
SOC INSUR ADMIN             2,699               11,502,723               2.17
SOLID WASTE MGMT            5,422               23,394,868               4.37
SEWERAGE                    6,316               27,987,850               5.09
PARKS & RECREATION         17,191               45,006,606              13.84
HOUSING & COMM DEV          3,629               11,794,791               2.92
NATURAL RESOURCES           5,484               18,024,698               4.42
WATER SUPPLY                6,049               24,250,493               4.87
ELECTRIC POWER              1,196                5,362,278               0.96
GAS SUPPLY                    121                  310,555               0.10
TRANSIT                    16,547               63,477,227              13.32
ELEM&SEC INSTRUCT         183,435              680,773,806             147.70
ELEM&SEC OTHER-TOT         75,006              175,317,918              60.39
HIGHER ED INSTRUCT         25,552              124,211,415              20.57
HIGHER ED OTHER            53,506              139,613,022              43.08
OTHER ED - STATE            2,691               10,275,630               2.17
LOCAL LIBRARIES             9,292               22,489,521               7.48
STATE LIQUOR STORES             0                        0               0.00
OTHER & UNALLOCABLE        14,386               52,624,582              11.58