2002 Public Employment Data
State and Local Governments
TENNESSEE

Population (2000) 5,689,283   


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

TOTAL                     306,367              840,161,851             538.50
FINANCIAL ADMIN             6,681               19,684,873              11.74
CENTRAL ADMIN               4,695               13,071,417               8.25
JUDICIAL-LEGAL              6,131               19,754,636              10.78
POLICE-ARREST              13,113               41,682,122              23.05
POLICE-OTHER                4,444               11,282,606               7.81
FIREFIGHTERS                6,234               21,177,236              10.96
OTHER                         544                1,963,339               0.96
CORRECTION                 12,765               30,831,766              22.44
STREETS & HWYS             11,111               25,543,591              19.53
AIRPORTS                      816                2,951,649               1.43
WATER TRANSPORT                 7                   27,589               0.01
PUBLIC WELFARE              7,253               18,243,212              12.75
HEALTH                      6,668               18,252,197              11.72
HOSPITALS                  29,665               84,044,644              52.14
SOC INSUR ADMIN             1,490                3,951,880               2.62
SOLID WASTE MGMT            4,266                9,468,076               7.50
SEWERAGE                    1,908                5,345,853               3.35
PARKS & RECREATION          4,762                9,638,088               8.37
HOUSING & COMM DEV          2,651                6,838,734               4.66
NATURAL RESOURCES           3,572                9,469,477               6.28
WATER SUPPLY                4,616               13,153,379               8.11
ELECTRIC POWER              5,991               24,135,991              10.53
GAS SUPPLY                  2,135                7,172,795               3.75
TRANSIT                       992                2,807,447               1.74
ELEM&SEC INSTRUCT          81,989              249,452,134             144.11
ELEM&SEC OTHER-TOT         34,905               55,449,693              61.35
HIGHER ED INSTRUCT         12,020               53,405,942              21.13
HIGHER ED OTHER            24,548               54,353,866              43.15
OTHER ED - STATE            2,128                6,003,390               3.74
LOCAL LIBRARIES             1,668                3,620,297               2.93
STATE LIQUOR STORES             0                        0               0.00
OTHER & UNALLOCABLE         6,599               17,383,932              11.60