STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT DATA:  MARCH 1997
WEST VIRGINIA STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
 
State Population Estimate (July, 1997) 1815787   

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

Total                          103840          92275      208455846
Financial Administration         2814           2698        4745056
Central Administration           2389           1470        3160495
Judicial & Legal                 2022           1874        4384353
Police Protection                3681           3505        7710782
  with Power of Arrest           2830           2777        6633404
  Other                           851            728        1077378
Fire Protection                   968            889        2069499
  Firefighters                    928            853        2002216
  Fire Other                       40             36          67283
Corrections                      1494           1444        2500907
Streets & Highways               6891           6835       14742763
Airports                          173            161         253138
Water Transportation                0              0              0
Public Welfare                     78             78         103366
Health                           2313           2058        4227250
Hospitals                        5526           5382       10380019
Social Insurance Admin            797            785        1577718
Solid Waste Mgmt                  750            680        1032268
Sewage Disposal                  1015            900        1695567
Parks & Recreation               2015           1382        1866071
Housing & Comm Dev                645            575        1144933
Natural Resources                2105           2012        4690360
Water Supply                     1496           1222        2235914
Electric Power                     10             10          23338
Gas Supply                          0              0              0
Transit                           447            406         868564
Elem & Sec Total                43552          40658       96401678
  Instructional                 29021          27806       73776789
  Other                         14531          12852       22624889
Higher Educ. Total              16844          11916       31628624
  Instructional                  7473           4637       16579153
  Other                          9371           7279       15049471
Other Education                  1495           1422        3450472
Libraries                         396            313         478255
State Liquor Stores                56             56         109978
Other & Unallocable              3868           3544        6974478