1998 Public Employment Data
State and Local Governments
Massachusetts

              Population       6,147,132

                                                                   Full-time
                                                   Total           Equivalent
                        Full-time                  March           Employment
                        Equivalent   CV            Payroll    CV   per 10,000
                        Employment   (%)             ($)      (%)  Population

TOTAL. . . . . . . .      301,433   0.51       947,063,271   0.65    490.4
  Function
FINANCIAL ADMIN. . .        9,037   0.58        28,251,203   0.42     14.7
CENTRAL ADMIN. . . .        5,670   0.61        17,405,144   0.70      9.2
JUDICIAL-LEGAL . . .        6,915   0.02        22,632,910   0.05     11.2
POLICE-ARREST. . . .       15,916   0.51        62,843,979   0.41     25.9
POLICE-OTHER . . . .        4,092   1.47        10,101,914   1.09      6.7
FIREFIGHTERS . . . .       12,125   0.43        44,899,977   0.50     19.7
FIRE-OTHER . . . . .          557   3.09         1,588,593   1.88      0.9
CORRECTION . . . . .        9,628   0.00        30,774,784   0.00     15.7
STREETS & HWYS . . .       10,637   0.45        33,204,796   0.77     17.3
AIRPORTS . . . . . .        1,162   1.00         5,059,464   0.57      1.9
WATER TRANSPORT. . .          199   3.02           808,026   1.84      0.3
PUBLIC WELFARE . . .        9,410   0.28        27,661,130   0.23     15.3
HEALTH . . . . . . .       10,198   0.26        30,682,128   0.33     16.6
HOSPITALS  . . . . .       11,560   0.00        32,976,429   0.00     18.8
SOC INSUR ADMIN. . .        2,072   0.00         6,816,238   0.00      3.4
SOLID WASTE MGMT . .        1,348   3.52         3,408,456   2.14      2.2
SEWERAGE . . . . . .        3,204   0.85        10,936,162   1.14      5.2
PARKS & RECREATION .        3,052   1.80         7,853,867   1.15      5.0
HOUSING & COMM DEV .        4,332   0.78        12,424,715   0.80      7.0
NATURAL RESOURCES. .        1,587   1.18         5,730,768   0.71      2.6
WATER SUPPLY . . . .        3,825   0.64        11,899,545   0.64      6.2
ELECTRIC POWER . . .        1,206   5.67         4,880,318   5.74      2.0
GAS SUPPLY . . . . .          118  17.87           495,188  21.62      0.2
TRANSIT. . . . . . .        6,137   0.00        27,389,820   0.00     10.0
ELEM&SEC INSTRUCT. .      100,908   0.65       331,986,487   0.72    164.2
ELEM&SEC OTHER-TOT .       31,482   0.87        66,612,082   1.33     51.2
HIGHER ED INSTRUCT .        8,051   0.00        33,686,499   0.00     13.1
HIGHER ED OTHER. . .       14,341   0.00        37,365,928   0.00     23.3
OTHER ED -STATE. . .          724   0.00         2,679,169   0.00      1.2
LOCAL LIBRARIES. . .        3,686   1.52         8,692,867   0.93      6.0
STATE LIQUOR STORES.            0   0.00                 0   0.00      0.0
OTHER & UNALLOCABLE.        8,254   1.14        25,314,685   0.89     13.4