FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT BY FUNCTION: MARCH 2002 Payroll in whole dollars. Total Total Full-Time March Function Employees Employees Payroll TOTAL - ALL FUNCTIONS 2,690,149 2,426,467 11,599,033,841 Financial Administration 141,250 130,829 604,371,571 Other Government Administration 22,334 21,508 102,347,464 Judicial and Legal 59,576 56,384 347,665,214 Police Protection - Officers 109,278 106,508 627,716,786 Correction 34,245 34,132 148,389,250 Streets and Highways 2,884 2,810 18,810,357 Airports 52,187 51,476 431,232,143 Water Transport and Terminals 5,030 4,775 14,186,050 Welfare 8,964 8,666 51,446,721 Health 134,627 124,979 706,966,822 Hospitals 148,573 133,236 661,284,429 Social Insurance Administration (St 66,276 63,112 318,455,250 Parks and Recreation 25,719 24,036 105,465,321 Housing and Community Development ( 16,566 16,262 90,724,821 Natural Resources 191,031 180,899 901,257,686 National Defense and International 680,645 661,455 2,544,062,250 Postal Service (Federal) 829,587 657,722 3,029,679,821 Space Research and Technology (Fede 18,821 18,494 126,973,786 Other Education* 11,296 10,701 57,827,179 Local Libraries 4,245 3,935 22,434,036 Other and Unallocable 127,015 114,548 687,736,884 * Includes Department of Education and the National Science Foundation, plus parts of the Bureau of Indian Affairs