2005 Public Employment Data
State and Local Governments
MASSACHUSETTS

Population Estimate (July 2005) 6,398,743

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

Total                                       322,262          1.75      1,328,368,733          1.42        503.63
Financial Administration                      9,902          4.44         40,399,424          4.34         15.47
Other Government Administration               5,957          4.71         21,994,027          4.02          9.31
Judicial and Legal                            9,220          0.07         42,355,736          0.09         14.41
Police Protection - Officers                 19,476          1.90        105,404,181          2.13         30.44
Police - Other                                4,050          5.28         12,980,142          4.82          6.33
Firefighters                                 12,320          4.80         58,964,577          2.63         19.25
Fire - Other                                    646         10.08          2,477,567          7.57          1.01
Correction                                    9,407          0.00         40,822,108          0.00         14.70
Highways                                     10,619          3.55         44,949,405          4.24         16.60
Air Transportation                            1,310          0.13          7,458,381          0.08          2.05
Water Transport & Terminals                     219          1.24          1,060,226          1.63          0.34
Public Welfare                               10,142          1.80         39,770,337          0.79         15.85
Health                                       10,172          1.21         39,774,839          0.70         15.90
Hospitals                                     6,916          0.00         24,110,442          0.00         10.81
Social Insurance Administration               1,439          0.00          5,895,597          0.00          2.25
Solid Waste Management                        1,296          7.70          4,382,330          5.59          2.03
Sewerage                                      2,855          3.76         13,054,201          3.44          4.46
Parks and Recreation                          2,914          7.09          9,968,851          5.32          4.55
Housing & Community Development               4,504          4.85         16,981,327          5.91          7.04
Natural Resources                             1,491          2.50          7,054,272          2.00          2.33
Water Supply                                  3,446          3.84         14,954,073          3.98          5.39
Electric Power                                1,124          4.09          6,383,183          4.45          1.76
Gas Supply                                       97          0.00            552,222          0.00          0.15
Transit                                       5,805          0.00         29,152,769          0.00          9.07
Elem & Sec Instructional                    117,352          3.87        487,873,292          3.32        183.40
Elem & Secondary - Other                     31,673          3.96         89,093,633          3.99         49.50
Higher Ed Instructional                       9,265          0.00         50,313,956          0.00         14.48
Higher Ed - Other                            15,542          0.00         59,718,268          0.00         24.29
Other Education                               1,065          0.00          5,148,406          0.00          1.66
Libraries                                     4,201          4.45         12,292,345          4.88          6.57
Liquor Stores                                     0          0.00                  0          0.00          0.00
Other and Unallocable                         7,837          5.22         33,028,616          3.66         12.25