FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT BY FUNCTION: MARCH 1998 Payroll in whole dollars. Total Total Full-Time March Function Employees Employees Payroll TOTAL-ALL FUNCTIONS 2,765,214 2,447,496 10,115,017,910 Financial Administration 134,202 125,641 474,784,607 Other Government Adminstration 22,073 21,009 82,896,786 Judicial and Legal 54,447 51,716 301,856,821 Police 100,257 97,512 439,665,214 Corrections 30,436 30,296 111,503,679 Highways 3,598 3,512 17,136,000 Air Transportation 49,350 48,734 287,277,000 Water Transport & Terminals 14,890 14,519 41,081,679 Public Welfare 8,872 8,450 39,678,440 Health 136,023 119,846 556,816,512 Hospitals 161,432 130,454 510,807,000 Social Insurance Administration 67,437 63,773 271,040,452 Parks and Recreation 24,314 22,750 80,587,821 Housing & Community Development 16,465 16,222 71,177,107 Natural Resources 185,025 175,047 773,110,750 Nat Defense/International Relat 738,204 718,170 2,507,239,060 Postal Service 856,732 652,950 2,833,029,107 Space Research & Technology 19,310 18,980 103,986,179 Other Education 11,303 10,647 46,119,798 Libraries 4,376 4,067 18,873,464 Other and Unallocable 126,468 113,201 546,350,434