2005 Public Employment Data
State and Local Governments
LOUISIANA

Population Estimate (July 2005) 4,523,628

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

Total                                       283,287          0.32        805,935,330          0.58        626.24
Financial Administration                      5,988          3.93         17,458,194          2.62         13.24
Other Government Administration               5,178          4.52         15,425,835          2.45         11.45
Judicial and Legal                            7,740          3.63         22,220,327          2.55         17.11
Police Protection - Officers                 12,528          1.24         38,883,297          1.48         27.69
Police - Other                                4,111          3.56         10,119,370          2.64          9.09
Firefighters                                  4,739          0.80         15,045,140          0.67         10.48
Fire - Other                                    187          4.77            481,268          3.27          0.41
Correction                                   13,675          0.64         38,948,165          0.71         30.23
Highways                                     10,577          1.46         28,667,072          0.85         23.38
Air Transportation                              567          0.65          1,516,713          0.14          1.25
Water Transport & Terminals                     688          0.52          2,404,679          0.14          1.52
Public Welfare                                5,667          0.13         16,772,666          0.12         12.53
Health                                        5,748          1.22         19,132,663          0.76         12.71
Hospitals                                    32,820          0.00        104,494,845          0.00         72.55
Social Insurance Administration                 995          0.00          3,098,754          0.00          2.20
Solid Waste Management                        1,102          1.72          2,324,762          1.34          2.44
Sewerage                                      2,234          2.65          5,732,404          2.80          4.94
Parks and Recreation                          4,619          2.31          9,733,866          1.38         10.21
Housing & Community Development               1,343          7.69          3,053,526          7.46          2.97
Natural Resources                             6,020          0.69         19,084,549          0.60         13.31
Water Supply                                  3,051          5.90          7,616,984          4.65          6.74
Electric Power                                  659          2.99          1,923,698          1.90          1.46
Gas Supply                                      501          0.00          1,036,750          0.18          1.11
Transit                                       1,656          0.00          4,959,836          0.00          3.66
Elem & Sec Instructional                     74,987          1.35        218,834,984          1.94        165.77
Elem & Secondary - Other                     32,592          3.21         52,336,101          3.66         72.05
Higher Ed Instructional                      10,415          0.00         55,057,505          0.00         23.02
Higher Ed - Other                            20,288          0.00         55,560,270          0.00         44.85
Other Education                               3,429          0.00         11,494,860          0.00          7.58
Libraries                                     2,489          7.36          5,327,626          8.53          5.50
Liquor Stores                                     0          0.00                  0          0.00          0.00
Other and Unallocable                         6,694          3.79         17,188,621          2.46         14.80