STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT DATA:  MARCH 1997
ALASKA STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
 
State Population Estimate (July, 1997) 609311    

                                Total
                              Employees      Full-Time
                            (Full-time +    Equivalent      Payroll
Function                     Part-time)     Employment        March

Total                           53325          45490      163984422
Financial Administration         1852           1800        6656859
Central Administration           1711           1323        4534230
Judicial & Legal                 1328           1275        5183298
Police Protection                1668           1604        7363125
  with Power of Arrest           1025            992        5124233
  Other                           643            612        2238892
Fire Protection                   712            567        2693643
  Firefighters                    683            545        2627429
  Fire Other                       29             22          66214
Corrections                      1313           1309        5272716
Streets & Highways               3402           3333       13026122
Airports                           81             77         277091
Water Transportation              125            114         417985
Public Welfare                   2092           2034        6407803
Health                           1078           1041        3416224
Hospitals                         754            708        2375719
Social Insurance Admin            382            381        1328038
Solid Waste Mgmt                  432            394        1504654
Sewage Disposal                   378            331        1293341
Parks & Recreation                756            567        1378323
Housing & Comm Dev                622            594        1986225
Natural Resources                2162           2128        7906786
Water Supply                      430            378        1127082
Electric Power                    569            563        2638227
Gas Supply                          0              0              0
Transit                           243            241         819257
Elem & Sec Total                19887          16258       57722491
  Instructional                 12950          11344       43352667
  Other                          6937           4914       14369824
Higher Educ. Total               6368           4246       14068367
  Instructional                  2132           1310        6650748
  Other                          4236           2936        7417619
Other Education                   513            491        1728688
Libraries                         348            282         720101
State Liquor Stores                 0              0              0
Other & Unallocable              4119           3451       12138027