2005 Public Employment Data
State and Local Governments
COLORADO

Population Estimate (July 2005) 4,665,177

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

Total                                       250,068          0.61        942,056,555          0.32        536.03
Financial Administration                      6,484          2.70         26,254,163          1.75         13.90
Other Government Administration               5,262          3.30         20,514,325          2.75         11.28
Judicial and Legal                            5,905          1.26         26,053,950          0.87         12.66
Police Protection - Officers                  9,446          2.33         49,145,957          1.69         20.25
Police - Other                                3,666          4.34         13,432,547          2.24          7.86
Firefighters                                  4,648          2.81         25,483,996          1.47          9.96
Fire - Other                                    522         13.46          2,128,853         10.88          1.12
Correction                                   10,254          0.84         40,186,713          0.46         21.98
Highways                                      9,286          2.57         35,615,754          2.18         19.90
Air Transportation                            1,171          1.74          5,287,407          1.07          2.51
Water Transport & Terminals                       0          0.00                  0          0.00          0.00
Public Welfare                                7,886          3.33         27,949,957          3.06         16.90
Health                                        4,581          1.50         18,910,939          1.04          9.82
Hospitals                                    12,566          0.00         48,255,640          0.00         26.94
Social Insurance Administration                 987          0.00          4,166,179          0.00          2.12
Solid Waste Management                          743          3.60          2,298,221          2.64          1.59
Sewerage                                      2,340          4.87          9,219,901          3.99          5.02
Parks and Recreation                          6,267          1.96         19,228,306          1.36         13.43
Housing & Community Development               1,815          0.35          6,950,146          0.29          3.89
Natural Resources                             2,250          3.80          9,315,369          1.24          4.82
Water Supply                                  4,258          3.69         18,542,177          2.72          9.13
Electric Power                                1,479          0.00          7,998,812          0.00          3.17
Gas Supply                                      308          0.00          1,402,703          0.00          0.66
Transit                                       2,912          0.00         10,131,004          0.00          6.24
Elem & Sec Instructional                     65,305          1.32        237,170,116          0.77        139.98
Elem & Secondary - Other                     31,859          2.37         79,729,242          2.12         68.29
Higher Ed Instructional                      14,907          0.00         79,593,090          0.00         31.95
Higher Ed - Other                            23,389          0.00         82,888,346          0.00         50.14
Other Education                               1,311          0.00          5,186,236          0.00          2.81
Libraries                                     2,905          3.62          8,991,294          2.07          6.23
Liquor Stores                                     0          0.00                  0          0.00          0.00
Other and Unallocable                         5,356          3.15         20,025,212          2.04         11.48