STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT DATA:  MARCH 1997
MAINE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
 
State Population Estimate (July, 1997) 1242051   

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

Total                           83589          66387      158749560
Financial Administration         2736           2169        4934032
Central Administration           2421           1399        3461732
Judicial & Legal                  857            797        2279742
Police Protection                3294           2800        7272605
  with Power of Arrest           2484           2235        6184861
  Other                           810            565        1087744
Fire Protection                  3339           1360        3593213
  Firefighters                   3177           1282        3429084
  Fire Other                      162             78         164129
Corrections                      1842           1759        4074329
Streets & Highways               4786           4476       10787505
Airports                          299            295         622127
Water Transportation              229            181         374664
Public Welfare                   2871           2771        6486544
Health                           1690           1389        3788743
Hospitals                        1396           1217        3133423
Social Insurance Admin            535            531        1267282
Solid Waste Mgmt                  690            491         998801
Sewage Disposal                   685            636        1559319
Parks & Recreation               1193            715        1353208
Housing & Comm Dev                446            420         965293
Natural Resources                1450           1301        3429649
Water Supply                      783            694        1748720
Electric Power                     22             19          53511
Gas Supply                          0              0              0
Transit                           102            101         299346
Elem & Sec Total                37516          32015       73387925
  Instructional                 27285          23646       58663800
  Other                         10231           8369       14724125
Higher Educ. Total               9360           5393       14385017
  Instructional                  1353           1170        4673679
  Other                          8007           4223        9711338
Other Education                  1231            938        2388585
Libraries                         551            327         621812
State Liquor Stores               140            130         290612
Other & Unallocable              3125           2063        5191821