STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT DATA:  MARCH 1997
WASHINGTON STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
 
State Population Estimate (July, 1997) 5610362   

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

Total                          353753         293245      896429107
Financial Administration         7767           7461       22658406
Central Administration           7286           5916       18982752
Judicial & Legal                 7417           6882       23811232
Police Protection               12896          12586       47645759
  with Power of Arrest           8822           8699       36437873
  Other                          4074           3887       11207886
Fire Protection                 10631           6665       26649520
  Firefighters                   9856           6104       24801229
  Fire Other                      775            561        1848291
Corrections                     11290          10860       26807165
Streets & Highways              13414          13063       43555982
Airports                         1178           1147        4350335
Water Transportation             1372           1278        4257677
Public Welfare                   9064           8595       26107973
Health                          11400          10387       33664901
Hospitals                       21259          17498       51151539
Social Insurance Admin           4910           4449       10494252
Solid Waste Mgmt                 1702           1584        4841300
Sewage Disposal                  2826           2700        8952583
Parks & Recreation               7081           4714       12352322
Housing & Comm Dev               2224           1988        5637690
Natural Resources                6761           6083       15958407
Water Supply                     3283           2995       10077882
Electric Power                   7383           7257       31445927
Gas Supply                         35             35         112688
Transit                          7240           6346       20239387
Elem & Sec Total               106838          88381      268101500
  Instructional                 60024          57634      203582621
  Other                         46814          30747       64518879
Higher Educ. Total              69844          48899      134713224
  Instructional                 21482          13991       56442303
  Other                         48362          34908       78270921
Other Education                   743            699        2293602
Libraries                        4449           3090        7658567
State Liquor Stores               927            765        1908452
Other & Unallocable             12533          10922       31998083