2005 Public Employment Data
State and Local Governments
SOUTH CAROLINA

Population Estimate (July 2005) 4,255,083

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

Total                                       244,281          1.47        718,013,914          0.70        574.09
Financial Administration                      5,900          2.60         18,167,408          1.50         13.87
Other Government Administration               3,268          5.29         10,406,166          3.79          7.68
Judicial and Legal                            4,178          7.84         12,557,619          5.89          9.82
Police Protection - Officers                 10,054          1.53         31,234,682          1.82         23.63
Police - Other                                2,741          2.25          6,503,383          1.45          6.44
Firefighters                                  4,226          2.48         12,815,624          3.63          9.93
Fire - Other                                    434         19.75          1,180,379         11.77          1.02
Correction                                   10,137          0.43         25,654,051          0.49         23.82
Highways                                      7,551          1.18         19,885,946          1.29         17.75
Air Transportation                              502          1.62          1,474,286          5.84          1.18
Water Transport & Terminals                     582          0.00          2,828,821          0.00          1.37
Public Welfare                                4,728          0.22         12,235,994          0.19         11.11
Health                                        9,059          4.92         26,727,915          4.42         21.29
Hospitals                                    26,497          0.23         90,005,496          0.40         62.27
Social Insurance Administration               1,248          0.00          3,738,666          0.00          2.93
Solid Waste Management                        3,030          7.26          6,027,381          5.38          7.12
Sewerage                                      2,029          3.63          5,871,921          3.58          4.77
Parks and Recreation                          3,668          1.99          8,575,949          2.21          8.62
Housing & Community Development               1,183          0.42          3,257,786          1.44          2.78
Natural Resources                             2,097          3.47          5,991,579          0.63          4.93
Water Supply                                  2,877          2.26          8,852,600          2.20          6.76
Electric Power                                2,076          0.15         10,165,782          0.12          4.88
Gas Supply                                      361          0.73          1,231,068          0.53          0.85
Transit                                         455          1.04            958,957          0.40          1.07
Elem & Sec Instructional                     69,054          3.91        213,709,796          1.89        162.29
Elem & Secondary - Other                     28,306          3.16         53,443,181          3.85         66.52
Higher Ed Instructional                      11,952          0.00         55,839,001          0.00         28.09
Higher Ed - Other                            16,738          0.00         42,395,990          0.00         39.34
Other Education                               2,717          0.00          8,619,620          0.00          6.39
Libraries                                     1,545          4.46          3,702,199          3.29          3.63
Liquor Stores                                     0          0.00                  0          0.00          0.00
Other and Unallocable                         5,088          6.23         13,954,668          4.72         11.96