2003 Public Employment Data
State and Local Governments
VIRGINIA

Population Estimate (July, 2003) 7,386,330

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

Total                                       411,100          0.24      1,297,376,491          0.18        564.09
Financial administration                     10,645          0.69         36,203,894          0.66         14.61
Other government administration               6,079          1.22         23,291,529          1.09          8.34
Judicial and Legal                            7,371          0.79         28,499,315          0.51         10.11
Police with power of arrest                  15,148          0.71         59,912,252          0.42         20.79
Police - other                                4,511          1.73         13,064,227          1.37          6.19
Firefighters                                  7,427          0.33         32,391,846          0.50         10.19
Fire - other                                    755          1.88          2,674,293          1.71          1.04
Correction                                   20,890          0.70         58,354,170          0.65         28.66
Highways                                     14,359          0.49         47,441,255          0.19         19.70
Air transportation                            1,750          0.14          7,385,585          0.02          2.40
Water transport and canals                      144          0.00            620,698          0.00          0.20
Public Welfare                                9,658          0.37         29,909,226          0.36         13.25
Health                                       11,159          0.52         37,987,695          0.39         15.31
Hospitals                                    16,271          0.00         48,192,786          0.00         22.33
Social insurance administration               1,627          0.00          4,920,428          0.00          2.23
Solid waste management                        3,939          0.54         10,441,821          0.83          5.40
Sewerage                                      3,875          3.84         13,299,944          3.18          5.32
Parks and recreation                          8,257          1.61         20,277,053          1.16         11.33
Housing and community developmen              2,403          1.69          7,384,285          1.62          3.30
Natural resources                             3,322          3.66         10,132,707          3.86          4.56
Water supply                                  3,979          1.51         12,973,319          2.16          5.46
Electric power                                  366          1.69          1,334,837          2.14          0.50
Gas supply                                      378          0.00          1,055,973          0.00          0.52
Transit                                       1,445          1.32          3,557,706          0.97          1.98
Elem & Sec Instructional                    129,593          0.67        421,935,202          0.57        177.82
Elem & Sec - Other                           54,509          1.13        111,679,644          0.99         74.79
Higher Ed Instructional                      17,854          0.00         95,252,455          0.00         24.50
Higher Ed - Other                            30,004          0.00         83,182,972          0.00         41.17
Other education                               2,806          0.00          9,621,626          0.00          3.85
Libraries                                     3,511          2.39          9,691,029          0.70          4.82
State liquor stores                           1,300          0.00          2,991,270          0.00          1.78
All other and unallocable                    15,765          0.66         51,715,449          0.48         21.63