2003 Public Employment Data
State and Local Governments
IOWA

Population Estimate (July, 2003) 2,944,062

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

Total                                       179,633          0.47        552,733,473          0.45        611.86
Financial administration                      4,103          2.49         12,719,725          1.60         13.98
Other government administration               3,458          5.02         10,166,384          2.76         11.78
Judicial and Legal                            3,164          1.37         12,533,498          1.14         10.78
Police with power of arrest                   5,393          1.18         20,037,934          0.72         18.37
Police - other                                1,848          2.85          5,388,641          2.04          6.29
Firefighters                                  1,799          0.00          6,824,474          0.19          6.13
Fire - other                                     77          0.00            257,637          0.00          0.26
Correction                                    4,464          1.38         14,718,719          0.79         15.21
Highways                                      8,373          1.31         26,060,059          1.04         28.52
Air transportation                              181          0.00            644,952          0.00          0.62
Water transport and canals                        2         86.16              4,887        100.00          0.01
Public Welfare                                3,978          1.39         12,141,036          0.56         13.55
Health                                        2,674          1.78          7,678,059          1.06          9.11
Hospitals                                    17,178          1.48         55,481,838          0.97         58.51
Social insurance administration                 760          0.00          2,365,276          0.00          2.59
Solid waste management                          955          5.48          2,828,093          8.34          3.25
Sewerage                                      1,128          3.74          3,896,134          4.47          3.84
Parks and recreation                          2,267          1.08          6,040,035          1.21          7.72
Housing and community developmen                556          1.11          1,898,544          0.99          1.89
Natural resources                             2,129          1.68          7,552,592          0.85          7.25
Water supply                                  1,541          6.44          4,960,246          5.20          5.25
Electric power                                  724          4.24          2,887,910          3.48          2.47
Gas supply                                       98          9.82            320,396         10.07          0.33
Transit                                         818          0.00          2,065,007          0.00          2.79
Elem & Sec Instructional                     52,820          1.56        152,081,995          1.69        179.91
Elem & Sec - Other                           19,895          2.64         38,118,179          2.26         67.77
Higher Ed Instructional                      10,782          0.00         54,355,851          0.00         36.73
Higher Ed - Other                            20,535          0.00         63,304,967          0.00         69.95
Other education                               1,142          0.00          4,388,939          0.00          3.89
Libraries                                     1,669          7.90          3,509,295          3.80          5.68
State liquor stores                               0          0.00                  0          0.00          0.00
All other and unallocable                     5,122          0.94         17,502,171          0.59         17.45