2002 Public Employment Data
State and Local Governments
NEW JERSEY

Population (2000) 8,414,350   


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

TOTAL                     484,903            2,007,394,355             576.28
FINANCIAL ADMIN            10,633               40,395,806              12.64
CENTRAL ADMIN               8,409               31,586,799               9.99
JUDICIAL-LEGAL             21,611               93,775,203              25.68
POLICE-ARREST              25,484              141,415,862              30.29
POLICE-OTHER                9,862               36,049,863              11.72
FIREFIGHTERS                7,254               40,732,681               8.62
OTHER                         639                2,048,679               0.76
CORRECTION                 17,126               73,827,330              20.35
STREETS & HWYS             17,666               67,880,886              21.00
AIRPORTS                       34                  147,747               0.04
WATER TRANSPORT               115                  432,892               0.14
PUBLIC WELFARE             17,918               62,760,166              21.29
HEALTH                      6,990               27,426,518               8.31
HOSPITALS                  18,149               61,731,093              21.57
SOC INSUR ADMIN             1,633                5,961,237               1.94
SOLID WASTE MGMT            5,475               18,825,315               6.51
SEWERAGE                    5,061               19,970,080               6.01
PARKS & RECREATION          8,000               24,115,754               9.51
HOUSING & COMM DEV          4,627               15,196,802               5.50
NATURAL RESOURCES           3,531               14,687,424               4.20
WATER SUPPLY                2,658               10,074,730               3.16
ELECTRIC POWER                196                  930,823               0.23
GAS SUPPLY                      0                        0               0.00
TRANSIT                    11,017               46,104,656              13.09
ELEM&SEC INSTRUCT         156,268              737,108,630             185.72
ELEM&SEC OTHER-TOT         59,696              166,831,626              70.95
HIGHER ED INSTRUCT         12,965               79,148,606              15.41
HIGHER ED OTHER            28,106              100,854,568              33.40
OTHER ED - STATE            3,893               16,916,198               4.63
LOCAL LIBRARIES             4,888               13,473,681               5.81
STATE LIQUOR STORES             0                        0               0.00
OTHER & UNALLOCABLE        14,999               56,982,700              17.83