2002 Public Employment Data
State and Local Governments
KENTUCKY

Population (2000) 4,041,769   


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

TOTAL                     230,053              609,248,945             569.19
FINANCIAL ADMIN             4,783               13,632,266              11.83
CENTRAL ADMIN               4,134               13,154,818              10.23
JUDICIAL-LEGAL              6,056               18,092,822              14.98
POLICE-ARREST               6,910               22,564,795              17.10
POLICE-OTHER                2,685                7,136,517               6.64
FIREFIGHTERS                3,378               10,640,962               8.36
OTHER                         297                  692,256               0.73
CORRECTION                  6,892               16,678,037              17.05
STREETS & HWYS              8,717               24,124,605              21.57
AIRPORTS                      652                2,270,035               1.61
WATER TRANSPORT                51                  144,742               0.13
PUBLIC WELFARE              7,667               21,119,699              18.97
HEALTH                      7,184               18,597,513              17.77
HOSPITALS                   9,568               27,520,268              23.67
SOC INSUR ADMIN             1,148                3,373,372               2.84
SOLID WASTE MGMT            1,713                3,358,692               4.24
SEWERAGE                    1,626                5,118,669               4.02
PARKS & RECREATION          3,135                6,272,799               7.76
HOUSING & COMM DEV            993                2,673,605               2.46
NATURAL RESOURCES           3,992               11,286,452               9.88
WATER SUPPLY                2,925                8,011,642               7.24
ELECTRIC POWER                633                2,383,262               1.57
GAS SUPPLY                    177                  401,551               0.44
TRANSIT                       989                2,997,060               2.45
ELEM&SEC INSTRUCT          67,733              181,724,253             167.58
ELEM&SEC OTHER-TOT         36,930               60,051,075              91.37
HIGHER ED INSTRUCT          9,319               44,600,065              23.06
HIGHER ED OTHER            17,944               44,520,500              44.40
OTHER ED - STATE            4,488               15,376,162              11.10
LOCAL LIBRARIES             1,385                2,775,918               3.43
STATE LIQUOR STORES             0                        0               0.00
OTHER & UNALLOCABLE         5,949               17,954,533              14.72