1998 Public Employment Data
State and Local Governments
South Carolina

              Population       3,835,962

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

TOTAL. . . . . . . .      236,671   0.45       551,648,947   0.42    617.0
  Function
FINANCIAL ADMIN. . .        5,262   1.19        13,042,778   0.99     13.7
CENTRAL ADMIN. . . .        3,247   4.62         7,282,332   3.50      8.5
JUDICIAL-LEGAL . . .        3,564   1.31         8,664,473   1.05      9.3
POLICE-ARREST. . . .        8,860   0.95        22,160,228   0.65     23.1
POLICE-OTHER . . . .        3,283   1.41         6,561,676   1.08      8.6
FIREFIGHTERS . . . .        3,225   1.29         7,882,930   2.67      8.4
FIRE-OTHER . . . . .          152  10.48           314,128   8.85      0.4
CORRECTION . . . . .       11,191   0.12        23,036,286   0.06     29.2
STREETS & HWYS . . .        7,458   1.09        14,557,819   0.85     19.4
AIRPORTS . . . . . .          366   0.00           853,509   0.09      1.0
WATER TRANSPORT. . .          517   0.00         1,773,199   0.00      1.3
PUBLIC WELFARE . . .        5,262   0.09        11,300,633   0.10     13.7
HEALTH . . . . . . .       10,067   0.63        23,901,886   0.42     26.2
HOSPITALS  . . . . .       29,256   0.07        69,971,111   0.09     76.3
SOC INSUR ADMIN. . .        1,356   0.00         3,333,574   0.00      3.5
SOLID WASTE MGMT . .        2,701   3.11         4,483,583   2.93      7.0
SEWERAGE . . . . . .        1,711   2.30         4,030,849   2.65      4.5
PARKS & RECREATION .        2,995   0.90         5,489,833   0.56      7.8
HOUSING & COMM DEV .        1,030   2.52         2,264,188   1.89      2.7
NATURAL RESOURCES. .        2,722   0.06         7,050,677   0.04      7.1
WATER SUPPLY . . . .        2,508   3.02         6,199,914   2.23      6.5
ELECTRIC POWER . . .        1,978   0.24         7,259,536   0.33      5.2
GAS SUPPLY . . . . .          349   4.98           891,004   4.38      0.9
TRANSIT. . . . . . .          427   3.10           685,427   4.35      1.1
ELEM&SEC INSTRUCT. .       66,008   0.49       167,159,473   0.48    172.1
ELEM&SEC OTHER-TOT .       26,070   0.67        40,694,021   0.77     68.0
HIGHER ED INSTRUCT .       10,316   0.00        39,470,901   0.00     26.9
HIGHER ED OTHER. . .       15,873   0.00        31,089,942   0.00     41.4
OTHER ED -STATE. . .        2,841   0.00         7,114,574   0.00      7.4
LOCAL LIBRARIES. . .        1,330   0.52         2,532,598   0.35      3.5
STATE LIQUOR STORES.            0   0.00                 0   0.00      0.0
OTHER & UNALLOCABLE.        4,746   2.04        10,595,865   1.47     12.4