STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT DATA: MARCH 1997 NEW JERSEY STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS State Population Estimate (July, 1997) 8052849 Total Employees Full-Time (Full-time + Equivalent Payroll Function Part-time) Employment March Total 482871 421282 1502837208 Financial Administration 11320 10554 32485565 Central Administration 10260 7818 24520628 Judicial & Legal 20765 19747 66315448 Police Protection 35546 31310 132080761 with Power of Arrest 23346 22586 105918522 Other 12200 8724 26162239 Fire Protection 7767 6833 30558111 Firefighters 6788 6259 29107736 Fire Other 979 574 1450375 Corrections 14639 14557 53876450 Streets & Highways 18810 18020 59860265 Airports 49 48 164914 Water Transportation 121 117 403272 Public Welfare 17276 16488 51212840 Health 7110 6335 20732810 Hospitals 22560 21688 62955945 Social Insurance Admin 2241 2109 6215637 Solid Waste Mgmt 5793 5490 16398292 Sewage Disposal 4708 4457 15249443 Parks & Recreation 9688 6948 18358898 Housing & Comm Dev 3679 3509 9922106 Natural Resources 3306 2925 10385794 Water Supply 2819 2712 8523043 Electric Power 287 287 1182406 Gas Supply 0 0 0 Transit 933 915 3113726 Elem & Sec Total 199375 176443 671966107 Instructional 136897 125011 547553386 Other 62478 51432 124412721 Higher Educ. Total 55293 38112 133678192 Instructional 18845 12735 62806056 Other 36448 25377 70872136 Other Education 3621 3553 13038734 Libraries 7374 4656 10389101 State Liquor Stores 0 0 0 Other & Unallocable 17531 15651 49248720