2004 Public Employment Data
State and Local Governments
SOUTH CAROLINA

Population Estimate (July 2004) 4,198,068

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

Total                                       243,004          0.90        697,076,912          1.04        578.85
Financial administration                      5,037          1.72         15,616,183          1.57         12.00
Other government administration               3,108          5.88          9,528,047          4.27          7.40
Judicial and Legal                            4,245          9.63         12,701,442          9.08         10.11
Persons with power of arrest                  9,935          1.93         30,217,303          2.39         23.67
Police - Other                                3,748          0.97          8,450,968          0.78          8.93
Firefighters                                  4,228          3.92         11,688,645          2.92         10.07
Fire - Other                                    383          7.03          1,094,322          4.31          0.91
Correction                                   10,239          0.27         25,095,128          0.35         24.39
Highways                                      7,519          1.40         19,130,210          1.30         17.91
Air transportation                              516          3.90          1,425,135          3.46          1.23
Water transport and canals                      575          0.00          2,571,415          0.00          1.37
Public Welfare                                4,662          0.25         11,639,364          0.23         11.11
Health                                        9,214          4.89         26,213,075          4.51         21.95
Hospitals                                    26,599          0.16         86,550,584          0.08         63.36
Social insurance administration               1,271          0.00          3,705,770          0.00          3.03
Solid waste management                        3,168          6.94          6,174,187          5.87          7.55
Sewerage                                      1,965          1.74          5,615,349          1.86          4.68
Parks and recreation                          3,523          2.52          7,940,146          2.17          8.39
Housing and community developmen              1,142          0.98          3,032,854          1.51          2.72
Natural resources                             2,053          3.57          6,245,425          1.38          4.89
Water supply                                  2,797          1.23          8,189,107          1.26          6.66
Electric power                                2,066          0.17          9,503,149          0.05          4.92
Gas supply                                      336          0.82          1,092,255          0.83          0.80
Transit                                         447          2.05            919,626          4.12          1.06
Elem & Sec Instructional                     68,139          1.74        203,987,502          1.70        162.31
Elem & Sec  - Other                          29,289          2.59         59,639,611          8.01         69.77
Higher Ed Instructional                      11,489          0.00         53,597,559          0.00         27.37
Higher Ed - Other                            16,084          0.00         40,562,729          0.00         38.31
Other education                               2,708          0.00          8,345,236          0.00          6.45
Libraries                                     1,391          4.65          3,218,924          3.98          3.31
State liquor stores                               0          0.00                  0          0.00          0.00
All other and unallocable                     5,128          6.01         13,385,662          4.66         12.22