2002 Public Employment Data State and Local Governments MISSOURI Population (2000) 5,595,211 Full-time Total Equivalent Full-time March Employment Equivalent Payroll per 10,000 Function Employment ($) Population TOTAL 312,539 852,945,937 558.58 FINANCIAL ADMIN 6,716 17,850,007 12.00 CENTRAL ADMIN 4,781 13,531,424 8.54 JUDICIAL-LEGAL 7,381 22,741,996 13.19 POLICE-ARREST 12,857 44,019,196 22.98 POLICE-OTHER 5,230 12,937,942 9.35 FIREFIGHTERS 5,708 23,303,356 10.20 OTHER 433 1,543,293 0.77 CORRECTION 14,462 31,839,754 25.85 STREETS & HWYS 13,271 36,302,104 23.72 AIRPORTS 1,341 4,826,754 2.40 WATER TRANSPORT 4 12,966 0.01 PUBLIC WELFARE 11,102 23,292,955 19.84 HEALTH 7,854 20,653,028 14.04 HOSPITALS 22,993 60,164,871 41.09 SOC INSUR ADMIN 664 1,791,984 1.19 SOLID WASTE MGMT 944 2,275,421 1.69 SEWERAGE 2,658 8,489,073 4.75 PARKS & RECREATION 5,012 12,169,892 8.96 HOUSING & COMM DEV 1,379 3,609,818 2.46 NATURAL RESOURCES 2,859 7,979,303 5.11 WATER SUPPLY 3,235 9,192,363 5.78 ELECTRIC POWER 1,750 7,063,664 3.13 GAS SUPPLY 238 889,204 0.43 TRANSIT 3,209 11,504,020 5.74 ELEM&SEC INSTRUCT 87,420 256,297,589 156.24 ELEM&SEC OTHER-TOT 41,784 76,548,374 74.68 HIGHER ED INSTRUCT 13,114 54,412,899 23.44 HIGHER ED OTHER 20,769 52,672,361 37.12 OTHER ED - STATE 2,170 5,697,880 3.88 LOCAL LIBRARIES 3,174 6,644,609 5.67 STATE LIQUOR STORES 0 0 0.00 OTHER & UNALLOCABLE 8,027 22,687,837 14.35