2005 Public Employment Data
State and Local Governments
WASHINGTON

Population Estimate (July 2005) 6,287,759

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

Total                                       329,873          0.47      1,348,344,902          0.43        524.63
Financial Administration                      8,502          2.85         35,864,424          1.71         13.52
Other Government Administration               6,772          6.11         29,279,428          5.43         10.77
Judicial and Legal                            7,828          3.33         36,412,709          3.33         12.45
Police Protection - Officers                 10,032          3.20         55,768,032          2.42         15.95
Police - Other                                4,160          2.92         17,139,149          2.26          6.62
Firefighters                                  6,964          3.31         45,228,250          1.95         11.08
Fire - Other                                  1,068         19.37          4,595,380         18.80          1.70
Correction                                   13,721          1.10         50,791,367          0.89         21.82
Highways                                     14,336          1.42         61,628,166          1.28         22.80
Air Transportation                            1,638          0.00          7,902,281          0.00          2.61
Water Transport & Terminals                   1,133          0.00          6,109,815          0.00          1.80
Public Welfare                               11,855          5.08         46,062,711          2.55         18.85
Health                                        9,852          2.20         38,183,459          1.75         15.67
Hospitals                                    22,130          0.05         90,304,626          0.11         35.20
Social Insurance Administration               2,646          0.00          9,770,144          0.00          4.21
Solid Waste Management                        1,945          4.99          7,836,030          4.91          3.09
Sewerage                                      3,421          3.56         15,355,369          3.25          5.44
Parks and Recreation                          6,829          5.52         22,327,401          6.54         10.86
Housing & Community Development               2,690          2.06         10,328,135          2.61          4.28
Natural Resources                             6,552          2.59         24,728,246          1.18         10.42
Water Supply                                  3,457          6.13         15,263,533          4.68          5.50
Electric Power                                8,015          0.16         44,076,432          0.17         12.75
Gas Supply                                       32          0.00            135,948          0.00          0.05
Transit                                       7,642          0.00         29,640,494          0.00         12.15
Elem & Sec Instructional                     70,727          0.80        294,273,581          0.94        112.48
Elem & Secondary - Other                     27,524          1.18         91,753,427          1.17         43.77
Higher Ed Instructional                      15,346          0.00         79,271,355          0.00         24.41
Higher Ed - Other                            35,752          0.00        113,745,913          0.00         56.86
Other Education                               2,059          0.00          8,160,514          0.00          3.27
Libraries                                     3,539          2.38         11,695,680          2.08          5.63
Liquor Stores                                   816          0.00          2,125,978          0.00          1.30
Other and Unallocable                        10,890          3.74         42,586,925          3.06         17.32