2003 Public Employment Data
State and Local Governments
TENNESSEE

Population Estimate (July, 2003) 5,841,748

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

Total                                       311,601          0.40        880,713,325          0.31        538.19
Financial administration                      6,565          3.32         20,309,409          2.63         11.34
Other government administration               5,105          7.55         14,298,567          5.55          8.82
Judicial and Legal                            6,083          0.82         20,157,739          0.63         10.51
Police with power of arrest                  13,365          1.15         44,087,189          0.74         23.08
Police - other                                4,660          1.25         12,279,376          0.83          8.05
Firefighters                                  6,784          4.44         24,011,641          1.44         11.72
Fire - other                                    440          2.30          1,602,717          0.80          0.76
Correction                                   12,916          1.05         31,848,732          0.73         22.31
Highways                                     11,122          1.59         26,480,447          1.09         19.21
Air transportation                              717         10.73          2,941,725          3.78          1.24
Water transport and canals                        7          0.00             30,051          0.00          0.01
Public Welfare                                7,577          0.42         18,722,450          0.23         13.09
Health                                        6,916          1.46         19,357,720          1.28         11.95
Hospitals                                    29,952          0.20         89,524,043          0.26         51.73
Social insurance administration               1,525          0.00          4,078,908          0.00          2.63
Solid waste management                        4,509          1.96         10,297,453          1.26          7.79
Sewerage                                      2,196         10.24          6,150,827          7.08          3.79
Parks and recreation                          4,983          4.61         10,170,504          1.64          8.61
Housing and community developmen              2,428          1.67          6,864,027          1.85          4.19
Natural resources                             3,789          1.37         10,276,732          0.46          6.54
Water supply                                  4,570          4.20         13,859,553          2.89          7.89
Electric power                                6,083          1.06         25,265,778          1.07         10.51
Gas supply                                    2,372          5.17          7,919,060          3.40          4.10
Transit                                       1,062          0.80          3,099,570          0.22          1.83
Elem & Sec Instructional                     83,873          1.00        260,336,244          0.87        144.86
Elem & Sec - Other                           35,807          3.43         59,618,420          2.30         61.85
Higher Ed Instructional                      11,863          0.00         54,027,022          0.00         20.49
Higher Ed - Other                            23,692          0.00         54,289,166          0.00         40.92
Other education                               1,924          0.00          5,627,744          0.00          3.32
Libraries                                     1,515          2.37          3,579,131          1.59          2.62
State liquor stores                               0          0.00                  0          0.00          0.00
All other and unallocable                     7,201          3.28         19,601,380          3.21         12.44