UNITED STATES STATE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT DATA: MARCH 2003 UNITED STATES TOTALS Population Estimate (July, 2003) 290,809,777 Total Employees Full-Time Total (Full-time + Equivalent March Function Part-time) Employment Payroll Total 5,042,800 4,190,667 15,116,406,641 Financial administration 172,884 168,165 597,723,040 Other government administration 60,249 54,718 202,431,236 Judicial and Legal 164,051 159,849 681,953,455 Police Total 105,933 104,127 438,073,622 Persons with power of arrest 63,499 62,934 294,370,849 Other employees 42,434 41,193 143,702,773 Correction 463,586 458,899 1,519,054,305 Highways 249,339 245,085 868,698,443 Air transportation 3,300 3,193 13,113,747 Water transport and canals 4,564 4,515 17,517,521 Public Welfare 234,008 230,449 719,171,409 Health 183,126 176,868 617,208,953 Hospitals 428,179 403,005 1,332,871,552 Social insurance administration 92,798 89,722 309,145,805 Solid waste management 1,878 1,833 8,438,306 Sewerage 1,850 1,837 9,052,521 Parks and recreation 40,400 35,344 97,499,734 Housing and community developmen 0 0 0 Natural resources 164,459 148,854 507,713,075 Water supply 679 671 3,150,238 Electric power 3,904 3,880 21,670,162 Gas supply 0 0 0 Transit 33,337 32,512 155,100,201 Elem and Sec Ed Total 64,063 52,678 182,812,571 Instructional employees 43,999 37,341 145,737,774 Other employees 20,064 15,337 37,074,797 Higher Education Total 2,248,476 1,510,092 5,643,199,418 Instructional employees 722,616 494,058 2,575,023,572 Other employees 1,525,860 1,016,034 3,068,175,846 Other education 100,684 93,665 328,357,484 Libraries 722 573 1,525,022 State liquor stores 8,959 7,226 19,148,986 All other and unallocable 211,372 202,907 821,775,835