STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT DATA:  MARCH 1997
MARYLAND STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
 
State Population Estimate (July, 1997) 5094289   

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

Total                          286899         251703      757725869
Financial Administration         6169           6064       17999526
Central Administration           5207           4481       13011850
Judicial & Legal                 6608           6397       19174850
Police Protection               17170          16291       53400532
  with Power of Arrest          13060          12922       44790799
  Other                          4110           3369        8609733
Fire Protection                  6165           5897       22483976
  Firefighters                   5633           5554       21475594
  Fire Other                      532            343        1008382
Corrections                     13331          13250       36680321
Streets & Highways               9728           9644       26023917
Airports                          471            465        1398393
Water Transportation              600            599        1366757
Public Welfare                  10102           9633       21734525
Health                          10175           9463       26048968
Hospitals                        6333           6050       15026262
Social Insurance Admin            928            894        2287321
Solid Waste Mgmt                 2233           2182        4631649
Sewage Disposal                  4009           3986       11741211
Parks & Recreation               8741           6716       13445547
Housing & Comm Dev               2871           2825        6984778
Natural Resources                2528           2367        7007793
Water Supply                     2113           2102        6071304
Electric Power                     79             79         234391
Gas Supply                         11             11          26702
Transit                          3120           3004        9711947
Elem & Sec Total               107102          96042      308054211
  Instructional                 74568          67181      243015614
  Other                         32534          28861       65038597
Higher Educ. Total              42534          26340       87821176
  Instructional                 16769           9566       42615750
  Other                         25765          16774       45205426
Other Education                  2100           1993        6001564
Libraries                        3567           2733        6277877
State Liquor Stores                 0              0              0
Other & Unallocable             12904          12195       33078521