2002 Public Employment Data
State and Local Governments
PENNSYLVANIA

Population (2000) 12,281,054  


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

TOTAL                     553,307            1,900,108,055             450.54
FINANCIAL ADMIN            15,516               49,254,772              12.63
CENTRAL ADMIN              13,282               40,024,957              10.82
JUDICIAL-LEGAL             17,615               56,361,333              14.34
POLICE-ARREST              25,680              107,441,840              20.91
POLICE-OTHER                6,056               18,970,098               4.93
FIREFIGHTERS                5,842               24,460,734               4.76
OTHER                         447                1,438,952               0.36
CORRECTION                 28,603               92,383,430              23.29
STREETS & HWYS             23,935               73,305,953              19.49
AIRPORTS                    1,601                5,208,033               1.30
WATER TRANSPORT               177                  782,844               0.14
PUBLIC WELFARE             34,247               99,433,759              27.89
HEALTH                      7,100               23,019,902               5.78
HOSPITALS                  13,215               38,045,355              10.76
SOC INSUR ADMIN             4,155               14,521,599               3.38
SOLID WASTE MGMT            3,383                9,181,678               2.75
SEWERAGE                    5,794               18,816,184               4.72
PARKS & RECREATION          6,252               16,913,869               5.09
HOUSING & COMM DEV          6,426               20,511,616               5.23
NATURAL RESOURCES           7,431               27,854,806               6.05
WATER SUPPLY                5,418               18,034,786               4.41
ELECTRIC POWER                142                  497,330               0.12
GAS SUPPLY                     10                   36,042               0.01
TRANSIT                    13,758               49,214,220              11.20
ELEM&SEC INSTRUCT         154,152              609,622,486             125.52
ELEM&SEC OTHER-TOT         69,289              179,934,235              56.42
HIGHER ED INSTRUCT         22,311              125,367,726              18.17
HIGHER ED OTHER            41,214              117,215,087              33.56
OTHER ED - STATE            3,561               12,624,931               2.90
LOCAL LIBRARIES             1,837                5,128,370               1.50
STATE LIQUOR STORES         3,037                8,186,528               2.47
OTHER & UNALLOCABLE        11,821               36,314,600               9.63