2003 Public Employment Data
State and Local Governments
WEST VIRGINIA

Population Estimate (July, 2003) 1,810,354

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

Total                                        93,383          0.35        265,731,032          0.22        517.39
Financial administration                      3,841          2.25          9,117,360          1.63         21.28
Other government administration               1,770          3.72          4,593,499          3.25          9.81
Judicial and Legal                            2,267          0.50          6,464,948          0.53         12.56
Police with power of arrest                   2,979          2.92          8,385,147          1.19         16.51
Police - other                                  786          1.33          1,485,679          1.27          4.35
Firefighters                                    898          0.00          2,527,047          0.09          4.98
Fire - other                                     43         41.68            109,805         48.96          0.24
Correction                                    3,310          0.25          6,630,727          0.24         18.34
Highways                                      6,443          1.41         17,483,991          0.81         35.70
Air transportation                              165          0.00            345,283          0.00          0.91
Water transport and canals                        3          0.00             12,045          0.00          0.02
Public Welfare                                3,162          0.00          7,209,568          0.00         17.52
Health                                        2,117          2.90          5,313,570          2.53         11.73
Hospitals                                     3,998          0.00          9,788,669          0.00         22.15
Social insurance administration                 766          0.00          1,993,960          0.00          4.24
Solid waste management                          601         13.24          1,117,430         10.54          3.33
Sewerage                                        955          3.21          2,252,033          3.71          5.29
Parks and recreation                          1,326          1.50          2,291,681          1.21          7.35
Housing and community developmen                495          1.12            952,367          1.03          2.74
Natural resources                             2,419          0.23          7,218,378          0.10         13.40
Water supply                                  1,326          8.70          3,170,831          8.49          7.35
Electric power                                   11          0.00             29,022          0.00          0.06
Gas supply                                        0          0.00                  0          0.00          0.00
Transit                                         448          0.60            978,600          1.08          2.48
Elem & Sec Instructional                     24,659          0.55         87,553,501          0.44        136.62
Elem & Sec - Other                           12,748          1.00         27,285,379          0.16         70.63
Higher Ed Instructional                       3,898          0.00         19,111,698          0.00         21.60
Higher Ed - Other                             6,825          0.00         18,358,377          0.00         37.81
Other education                               1,406          0.00          4,444,177          0.00          7.79
Libraries                                       366          2.13            680,347          1.78          2.03
State liquor stores                              59          0.00            154,404          0.00          0.33
All other and unallocable                     3,293          2.63          8,671,509          1.74         18.24