2005 Public Employment Data
State and Local Governments
NORTH CAROLINA

Population Estimate (July 2005) 8,683,242

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

Total                                       483,464          0.22      1,554,892,207          0.16        556.78
Financial Administration                     10,920          2.03         33,503,385          1.49         12.58
Other Government Administration               6,791          4.06         22,897,903          2.85          7.82
Judicial and Legal                            6,677          0.50         26,041,480          0.56          7.69
Police Protection - Officers                 19,725          1.90         66,372,930          1.54         22.72
Police - Other                                5,055          1.03         13,778,369          0.52          5.82
Firefighters                                  7,298          0.66         24,345,575          0.18          8.40
Fire - Other                                    432          0.98          1,430,609          0.67          0.50
Correction                                   25,422          0.28         69,840,674          0.25         29.28
Highways                                     15,720          1.78         44,388,763          1.16         18.10
Air Transportation                              773         12.69          2,334,206         20.31          0.89
Water Transport & Terminals                     290          0.00          1,175,698          0.00          0.33
Public Welfare                               16,799          1.10         47,205,673          0.42         19.35
Health                                       21,503          0.25         66,848,114          0.36         24.76
Hospitals                                    42,932          0.00        145,753,302          0.00         49.44
Social Insurance Administration               2,444          0.00          8,006,901          0.00          2.81
Solid Waste Management                        4,877          4.07         11,542,058          2.98          5.62
Sewerage                                      3,536          5.98         10,568,143          5.95          4.07
Parks and Recreation                          5,949          0.92         15,108,549          0.64          6.85
Housing & Community Development               2,989          5.85          8,903,089          4.58          3.44
Natural Resources                             4,835          4.62         14,848,443          4.52          5.57
Water Supply                                  4,300          6.17         12,746,373          4.14          4.95
Electric Power                                1,662         27.52          5,438,836         16.42          1.91
Gas Supply                                      155          1.81            508,736          0.08          0.18
Transit                                       1,101          0.00          2,899,020          0.00          1.27
Elem & Sec Instructional                    134,166          0.25        477,173,858          0.49        154.51
Elem & Secondary - Other                     48,894          0.34        103,599,253          1.00         56.31
Higher Ed Instructional                      25,008          0.00        127,257,381          0.00         28.80
Higher Ed - Other                            43,161          0.00        128,394,084          0.00         49.71
Other Education                               2,842          0.00          9,827,560          0.00          3.27
Libraries                                     2,757          0.16          7,019,127          0.50          3.18
Liquor Stores                                     0          0.00                  0          0.00          0.00
Other and Unallocable                        14,451          1.39         45,134,115          1.17         16.64