1998 Public Employment Data State and Local Governments North Carolina Population 7,546,493 Full-time Total Equivalent Full-time March Employment Equivalent CV Payroll CV per 10,000 Employment (%) ($) (%) Population TOTAL. . . . . . . . 421,648 0.35 1,068,872,661 0.27 558.7 Function FINANCIAL ADMIN. . . 9,125 1.39 23,306,053 1.23 12.1 CENTRAL ADMIN. . . . 5,295 2.36 14,706,326 2.38 7.0 JUDICIAL-LEGAL . . . 6,751 0.15 20,647,571 0.10 8.9 POLICE-ARREST. . . . 17,025 1.16 46,963,679 0.71 22.6 POLICE-OTHER . . . . 4,153 3.18 9,098,584 2.10 5.5 FIREFIGHTERS . . . . 5,554 0.39 15,198,222 1.36 7.4 FIRE-OTHER . . . . . 366 4.11 1,028,543 2.62 0.5 CORRECTION . . . . . 23,230 0.09 57,985,418 0.07 30.8 STREETS & HWYS . . . 15,597 1.32 35,681,387 1.02 20.7 AIRPORTS . . . . . . 704 1.49 1,668,816 0.91 0.9 WATER TRANSPORT. . . 282 0.00 1,007,490 0.00 0.4 PUBLIC WELFARE . . . 14,868 0.39 32,887,024 0.36 19.7 HEALTH . . . . . . . 17,527 0.63 43,248,385 0.94 23.2 HOSPITALS . . . . . 32,622 0.00 80,698,633 0.17 43.2 SOC INSUR ADMIN. . . 2,529 0.00 6,591,839 0.00 3.4 SOLID WASTE MGMT . . 4,978 3.27 9,471,599 2.82 6.6 SEWERAGE . . . . . . 3,512 4.10 8,433,957 3.30 4.7 PARKS & RECREATION . 5,208 2.53 10,085,015 1.53 6.9 HOUSING & COMM DEV . 2,942 8.38 7,056,357 9.21 3.9 NATURAL RESOURCES. . 5,618 0.69 13,967,731 0.73 7.4 WATER SUPPLY . . . . 3,353 2.83 7,416,415 2.47 4.4 ELECTRIC POWER . . . 1,407 9.01 3,996,313 7.49 1.9 GAS SUPPLY . . . . . 155 0.00 380,440 0.00 0.2 TRANSIT. . . . . . . 500 4.89 910,767 3.27 0.7 ELEM&SEC INSTRUCT. . 122,496 0.29 342,749,978 0.17 162.3 ELEM&SEC OTHER-TOT . 38,681 0.36 65,025,636 0.56 51.3 HIGHER ED INSTRUCT . 24,945 0.02 84,725,023 0.03 33.1 HIGHER ED OTHER. . . 32,813 0.01 77,048,837 0.02 43.5 OTHER ED -STATE. . . 2,985 0.00 8,783,031 0.00 4.0 LOCAL LIBRARIES. . . 2,527 0.96 4,875,782 0.64 3.3 STATE LIQUOR STORES. 0 0.00 0 0.00 0.0 OTHER & UNALLOCABLE. 13,900 1.75 33,227,810 1.36 18.4