STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT DATA: MARCH 1997 NEW YORK STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS State Population Estimate (July, 1997) 18137226 Total Employees Full-Time (Full-time + Equivalent Payroll Function Part-time) Employment March Total 1248066 1110246 3740259023 Financial Administration 33490 30712 90834620 Central Administration 31067 21481 59425619 Judicial & Legal 31426 28150 114205556 Police Protection 85783 80117 312187462 with Power of Arrest 72371 69517 278818223 Other 13412 10600 33369239 Fire Protection 25371 23688 94805804 Firefighters 22464 21446 86642372 Fire Other 2907 2242 8163432 Corrections 61157 60128 213982244 Streets & Highways 42741 40859 123566520 Airports 1612 1596 6864360 Water Transportation 1451 1412 5222748 Public Welfare 62336 59078 151355512 Health 28425 25998 83028039 Hospitals 106100 101916 326280114 Social Insurance Admin 4549 4547 13761356 Solid Waste Mgmt 15331 14811 53389096 Sewage Disposal 6948 6629 20723064 Parks & Recreation 16755 12698 32387136 Housing & Comm Dev 22747 21649 51801479 Natural Resources 3729 3451 12244268 Water Supply 7759 6391 20126990 Electric Power 3953 3885 21137076 Gas Supply 11 11 26796 Transit 52647 52340 211946594 Elem & Sec Total 442566 390299 1338795272 Instructional 302196 277147 1081168152 Other 140370 113152 257627120 Higher Educ. Total 96556 67742 223835223 Instructional 42870 28393 120695598 Other 53686 39349 103139625 Other Education 4979 4778 16005631 Libraries 14361 10041 23956909 State Liquor Stores 0 0 0 Other & Unallocable 44216 35839 118363535