2004 Public Employment Data
State and Local Governments
WEST VIRGINIA

Population Estimate (July 2004) 1,815,354

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

Total                                        98,232          0.93        275,884,807          1.58        541.12
Financial administration                      3,848          2.64          9,395,419          2.09         21.20
Other government administration               1,748          8.15          4,916,802          4.85          9.63
Judicial and Legal                            2,423          4.47          7,004,325          2.68         13.35
Persons with power of arrest                  2,827          2.84          8,177,055          2.40         15.57
Police - Other                                  802          2.95          1,598,805          2.93          4.42
Firefighters                                    954          5.85          2,589,538          3.62          5.26
Fire - Other                                     29         20.74             60,513         12.91          0.16
Correction                                    3,270          0.45          6,874,692          0.56         18.01
Highways                                      6,460          1.25         18,206,797          0.82         35.59
Air transportation                              148          1.72            349,488          0.17          0.82
Water transport and canals                        3          0.00             12,509          0.00          0.02
Public Welfare                                3,139          0.38          7,271,136          0.46         17.29
Health                                        2,445          6.77          6,108,026          5.10         13.47
Hospitals                                     3,930          0.00         10,286,851          0.00         21.65
Social insurance administration                 666          0.00          1,741,788          0.00          3.67
Solid waste management                          941         24.20          1,509,664         21.86          5.18
Sewerage                                      1,310         13.35          2,790,101         10.27          7.22
Parks and recreation                          1,319          1.71          2,506,492          1.96          7.27
Housing and community developmen                663          1.98          1,579,552          4.02          3.65
Natural resources                             2,400          0.20          7,260,595          0.15         13.22
Water supply                                  1,539          4.54          3,367,455          4.72          8.48
Electric power                                   11          0.00             29,022          0.00          0.06
Gas supply                                        0          0.00                  0          0.00          0.00
Transit                                         476          7.71          1,133,773          6.68          2.62
Elem & Sec Instructional                     26,805          1.75         88,176,931          4.15        147.66
Elem & Sec  - Other                          13,912          3.11         30,201,065          2.72         76.64
Higher Ed Instructional                       4,055          0.00         19,785,586          0.00         22.34
Higher Ed - Other                             6,948          0.00         18,598,085          0.00         38.27
Other education                               1,398          0.00          4,422,660          0.00          7.70
Libraries                                       440          1.32            800,292          1.11          2.42
State liquor stores                              56          0.00            157,426          0.00          0.31
All other and unallocable                     3,267          2.83          8,972,364          1.62         18.00