STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT DATA:  MARCH 1997
MISSOURI STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
 
State Population Estimate (July, 1997) 5402058   

                                Total
                              Employees      Full-Time
                            (Full-time +    Equivalent      Payroll
Function                     Part-time)     Employment        March

Total                          342949         290454      664929183
Financial Administration         7052           6517       13052779
Central Administration           7120           4471        9842694
Judicial & Legal                 7373           6721       16886084
Police Protection               17551          16684       43339096
  with Power of Arrest          12201          11806       33265662
  Other                          5350           4878       10073434
Fire Protection                  7824           5692       17794295
  Firefighters                   7338           5370       16860776
  Fire Other                      486            322         933519
Corrections                     12243          11518       22135103
Streets & Highways              14175          13541       31266602
Airports                         1214           1191        3000963
Water Transportation                2              2           6434
Public Welfare                  10579           9988       17555929
Health                           9632           8375       17483786
Hospitals                       23917          21752       45017284
Social Insurance Admin           1252           1248        2879995
Solid Waste Mgmt                  951            892        1764802
Sewage Disposal                  2755           2617        6764959
Parks & Recreation               5800           4067        7856620
Housing & Comm Dev               1856           1719        3582442
Natural Resources                3460           2999        6628792
Water Supply                     3522           3124        6988158
Electric Power                   1275           1260        3731311
Gas Supply                        138            138         394697
Transit                          2895           2780        7105736
Elem & Sec Total               132086         117090      266550993
  Instructional                 90340          82258      209461284
  Other                         41746          34832       57089709
Higher Educ. Total              51527          32510       84371954
  Instructional                 18191          11648       42318322
  Other                         33336          20862       42053632
Other Education                  2329           2125        4742052
Libraries                        4156           2728        4680376
State Liquor Stores                 0              0              0
Other & Unallocable             10265           8705       19505247