STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT DATA:  MARCH 1997
RHODE ISLAND STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
 
State Population Estimate (July, 1997) 987429    

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

Total                           56361          49279      153881441
Financial Administration         1253           1210        3255466
Central Administration           1844           1454        3131901
Judicial & Legal                 1221           1190        3976899
Police Protection                2971           2817        9452902
  with Power of Arrest           2234           2225        8155034
  Other                           737            592        1297868
Fire Protection                  2480           2276        7448119
  Firefighters                   2299           2118        7105078
  Fire Other                      181            158         343041
Corrections                      1649           1649        7265308
Streets & Highways               1831           1802        4926419
Airports                            0              0              0
Water Transportation                0              0              0
Public Welfare                   2006           1956        6283438
Health                           1379           1369        4817029
Hospitals                        1265           1251        4102505
Social Insurance Admin            733            725        2029184
Solid Waste Mgmt                  232            226         654862
Sewage Disposal                   643            638        1760746
Parks & Recreation                543            407         872251
Housing & Comm Dev                585            535        1303189
Natural Resources                 593            552        1738492
Water Supply                      506            500        1279836
Electric Power                     12             12          43807
Gas Supply                          0              0              0
Transit                           512            509        1567366
Elem & Sec Total                21796          19573       64088605
  Instructional                 16751          15697       54805233
  Other                          5045           3876        9283372
Higher Educ. Total               9495           6167       16648356
  Instructional                  4390           3077       10609412
  Other                          5105           3090        6038944
Other Education                   640            582        2420088
Libraries                         562            393         771568
State Liquor Stores                 0              0              0
Other & Unallocable              1610           1486        4043105