2003 Public Employment Data State and Local Governments WASHINGTON Population Estimate (July 2003) 6,131,445 Full-time Total Equivalent Full-time March Employment Equivalent CV Payroll CV per 10,000 Function Employment (%) ($) (%) Population Total 321,153 0.24 1,246,767,866 0.23 529.34 Financial administration 7,868 0.99 31,664,052 0.95 12.97 Other government administration 6,386 3.09 26,390,636 2.57 10.53 Judicial and Legal 7,690 0.56 33,163,034 0.69 12.68 Police with power of arrest 9,762 1.43 50,384,980 0.76 16.09 Police - other 4,568 1.17 16,728,900 0.58 7.53 Firefighters 6,965 1.48 36,921,231 0.58 11.48 Fire - other 687 21.35 2,807,437 16.62 1.13 Correction 13,597 0.26 47,433,448 0.42 22.41 Highways 13,584 0.98 56,619,880 0.43 22.39 Air transportation 1,539 0.00 7,101,085 0.00 2.54 Water transport and canals 1,237 4.04 5,233,611 0.29 2.04 Public Welfare 10,054 0.47 37,569,756 0.30 16.57 Health 8,914 0.08 33,335,609 0.54 14.69 Hospitals 21,121 0.00 78,395,823 0.00 34.81 Social insurance administration 4,141 0.00 14,652,576 0.00 6.83 Solid waste management 1,733 7.69 6,642,178 5.55 2.86 Sewerage 3,515 4.37 15,151,739 3.37 5.79 Parks and recreation 6,246 2.02 19,887,529 1.36 10.29 Housing and community developmen 2,505 0.05 9,026,789 0.08 4.13 Natural resources 6,320 1.21 23,165,031 0.77 10.42 Water supply 3,190 7.25 13,290,639 4.88 5.26 Electric power 8,239 2.69 42,287,779 2.87 13.58 Gas supply 32 0.00 135,948 0.00 0.05 Transit 7,434 0.00 29,210,233 0.00 12.25 Elem & Sec Instructional 72,251 0.56 293,407,530 0.59 119.09 Elem & Sec - Other 27,250 0.60 86,921,660 0.70 44.91 Higher Ed Instructional 14,302 0.00 71,123,498 0.00 23.57 Higher Ed - Other 33,289 0.00 96,807,606 0.00 54.87 Other education 2,050 0.00 7,760,822 0.00 3.38 Libraries 3,496 0.00 11,615,920 0.02 5.76 State liquor stores 792 0.00 2,217,836 0.00 1.31 All other and unallocable 10,396 0.98 39,713,071 0.72 17.14