STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT DATA:  MARCH 1997
NEW MEXICO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
 
State Population Estimate (July, 1997) 1729751   

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

Total                          128625         110980      245388169
Financial Administration         3461           3400        8306152
Central Administration           3025           2460        5961982
Judicial & Legal                 2544           2415        6654044
Police Protection                5427           5184       13079331
  with Power of Arrest           3829           3791       10483937
  Other                          1598           1393        2595394
Fire Protection                  1894           1730        5072996
  Firefighters                   1748           1592        4703280
  Fire Other                      146            138         369716
Corrections                      5422           5386       11763713
Streets & Highways               4125           4112        9569348
Airports                          306            299         628520
Water Transportation                0              0              0
Public Welfare                   1872           1808        3923437
Health                           3172           3044        6370171
Hospitals                        9346           8306       18714324
Social Insurance Admin            475            475        1135940
Solid Waste Mgmt                 1211           1167        2463543
Sewage Disposal                   717            695        1670672
Parks & Recreation               3854           2267        4687492
Housing & Comm Dev                367            353         700844
Natural Resources                2410           2241        5289941
Water Supply                      803            779        1702640
Electric Power                    217            216         669542
Gas Supply                        131            127         290390
Transit                           578            566        1234245
Elem & Sec Total                44686          41392       82685763
  Instructional                 32444          30529       65444991
  Other                         12242          10863       17240772
Higher Educ. Total              27460          17821       42481214
  Instructional                  7912           4938       14979060
  Other                         19548          12883       27502154
Other Education                   986            924        2250780
Libraries                         612            522         940524
State Liquor Stores                 0              0              0
Other & Unallocable              3524           3291        7140621