2003 Public Employment Data
State and Local Governments
NEW JERSEY

Population Estimate (July, 2003) 8,638,396

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

Total                                       489,448          0.35      2,088,686,795          0.34        570.77
Financial administration                     10,818          1.36         42,545,674          1.00         12.62
Other government administration               8,685          2.90         33,832,404          2.26         10.13
Judicial and Legal                           21,601          0.60         97,015,292          0.38         25.19
Police with power of arrest                  25,568          1.06        149,335,542          0.73         29.82
Police - other                                9,903          1.46         37,572,661          0.84         11.55
Firefighters                                  7,050          4.99         41,794,745          3.35          8.22
Fire - other                                    917         17.99          3,123,412         16.31          1.07
Correction                                   16,804          0.12         76,655,220          0.07         19.60
Highways                                     17,515          1.07         70,036,353          0.88         20.43
Air transportation                               29          0.00            149,033          0.00          0.03
Water transport and canals                      120          0.00            506,236          0.00          0.14
Public Welfare                               16,933          0.15         62,947,107          0.14         19.75
Health                                        7,308          0.47         30,184,612          0.27          8.52
Hospitals                                    18,534          0.00         65,494,917          0.00         21.61
Social insurance administration               2,004          0.00          7,417,296          0.00          2.34
Solid waste management                        5,498          1.72         20,233,220          1.86          6.41
Sewerage                                      4,958          1.92         19,851,000          2.10          5.78
Parks and recreation                          8,143          1.60         25,629,092          1.12          9.50
Housing and community developmen              4,384          0.60         15,348,617          0.63          5.11
Natural resources                             3,065          0.58         12,992,322          0.09          3.57
Water supply                                  2,561          2.73         10,086,231          2.83          2.99
Electric power                                  236          0.00          1,082,684          0.00          0.28
Gas supply                                        0          0.00                  0          0.00          0.00
Transit                                      11,070          0.00         47,987,729          0.00         12.91
Elem & Sec Instructional                    161,526          0.94        775,269,898          0.81        188.36
Elem & Sec - Other                           60,281          1.29        167,157,607          1.70         70.30
Higher Ed Instructional                      13,339          0.00         83,296,236          0.00         15.56
Higher Ed - Other                            27,751          0.00        105,429,568          0.00         32.36
Other education                               3,211          0.00         13,823,181          0.00          3.74
Libraries                                     4,888          1.18         14,095,349          1.32          5.70
State liquor stores                               0          0.00                  0          0.00          0.00
All other and unallocable                    14,748          1.36         57,793,557          0.99         17.20