2003 Public Employment Data
State and Local Governments
RHODE ISLAND

Population Estimate (July, 2003) 1,076,164

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

Total                                        55,944          9.14        222,892,539          9.20        523.66
Financial administration                      1,646          8.66          5,851,971          7.85         15.41
Other government administration               1,296          7.90          4,640,691          8.40         12.13
Judicial and Legal                            1,252          1.23          5,356,896          1.11         11.72
Police with power of arrest                   2,529         14.27         12,332,674         13.99         23.67
Police - other                                  938         11.52          3,255,825         11.40          8.78
Firefighters                                  2,655         17.25         11,548,888         17.80         24.85
Fire - other                                    267         37.76            897,389         23.89          2.50
Correction                                    1,750          0.00          8,187,383          0.00         16.38
Highways                                      1,773          9.43          6,667,790          8.63         16.60
Air transportation                              165          0.00            626,759          0.00          1.54
Water transport and canals                        2        116.23              7,652        100.00          0.02
Public Welfare                                1,683          3.79          7,527,581          2.13         15.75
Health                                        1,364          0.80          5,939,558          0.48         12.77
Hospitals                                     1,200          0.00          5,025,158          0.00         11.23
Social insurance administration                 521          0.00          2,105,347          0.00          4.88
Solid waste management                          267         10.59          1,056,098          9.13          2.50
Sewerage                                        500         18.12          1,840,957         19.39          4.68
Parks and recreation                            746         12.58          1,857,641         14.54          6.98
Housing and community developmen                696         11.54          2,264,195          9.97          6.51
Natural resources                               720         27.23          2,952,261         24.20          6.74
Water supply                                    562         21.99          2,012,996         23.53          5.26
Electric power                                    0          0.00                  0          0.00          0.00
Gas supply                                        0          0.00                  0          0.00          0.00
Transit                                         775          0.00          2,729,969          0.00          7.25
Elem & Sec Instructional                     19,602         16.27         86,785,922         15.47        183.48
Elem & Sec - Other                            4,639         15.89         11,722,277         18.70         43.42
Higher Ed Instructional                       2,566          0.00         10,757,835          0.00         24.02
Higher Ed - Other                             3,038          0.00          8,429,060          0.00         28.44
Other education                                 608          0.00          2,710,942          0.00          5.69
Libraries                                       422         28.01          1,157,825         28.00          3.95
State liquor stores                               0          0.00                  0          0.00          0.00
All other and unallocable                     1,762          5.14          6,642,999          4.01         16.49