2002 Public Employment Data
State and Local Governments
MASSACHUSETTS

Population (2000) 6,349,097   


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

TOTAL                     327,526            1,214,924,230             515.86
FINANCIAL ADMIN             9,198               34,842,804              14.49
CENTRAL ADMIN               6,017               20,581,107               9.48
JUDICIAL-LEGAL              9,332               37,111,891              14.70
POLICE-ARREST              20,238               96,599,143              31.88
POLICE-OTHER                3,668               10,644,373               5.78
FIREFIGHTERS               12,579               54,086,511              19.81
OTHER                         582                1,999,899               0.92
CORRECTION                 10,156               40,412,619              16.00
STREETS & HWYS             10,334               38,976,968              16.28
AIRPORTS                    1,322                6,824,272               2.08
WATER TRANSPORT               234                1,001,259               0.37
PUBLIC WELFARE              9,662               35,256,734              15.22
HEALTH                     11,421               42,020,782              17.99
HOSPITALS                  10,303               29,633,009              16.23
SOC INSUR ADMIN             1,633                6,096,033               2.57
SOLID WASTE MGMT            1,396                4,091,209               2.20
SEWERAGE                    3,040               12,252,651               4.79
PARKS & RECREATION          3,122                9,602,690               4.92
HOUSING & COMM DEV          4,946               16,763,963               7.79
NATURAL RESOURCES           1,681                6,804,122               2.65
WATER SUPPLY                3,609               13,377,023               5.68
ELECTRIC POWER              1,213                5,714,175               1.91
GAS SUPPLY                    117                  551,734               0.18
TRANSIT                     5,430               25,599,009               8.55
ELEM&SEC INSTRUCT         111,798              428,569,434             176.08
ELEM&SEC OTHER-TOT         33,430               84,992,360              52.65
HIGHER ED INSTRUCT         10,032               47,793,686              15.80
HIGHER ED OTHER            17,088               53,811,914              26.91
OTHER ED - STATE            1,177                4,947,816               1.85
LOCAL LIBRARIES             3,989               11,208,999               6.28
STATE LIQUOR STORES             0                        0               0.00
OTHER & UNALLOCABLE         8,779               32,756,041              13.83