1998 Public Employment Data State and Local Governments Nevada Population 1,746,898 Full-time Total Equivalent Full-time March Employment Equivalent CV Payroll CV per 10,000 Employment (%) ($) (%) Population TOTAL. . . . . . . . 82,871 1.16 261,966,750 0.91 474.4 Function FINANCIAL ADMIN. . . 2,365 1.76 7,329,716 1.43 13.5 CENTRAL ADMIN. . . . 2,278 2.27 7,814,372 1.57 13.0 JUDICIAL-LEGAL . . . 3,135 1.27 11,770,318 0.92 17.9 POLICE-ARREST. . . . 3,541 2.50 15,607,839 1.73 20.3 POLICE-OTHER . . . . 1,805 1.86 5,701,398 1.27 10.3 FIREFIGHTERS . . . . 1,588 2.07 7,812,056 1.33 9.1 FIRE-OTHER . . . . . 139 0.00 593,025 0.00 0.8 CORRECTION . . . . . 4,612 0.43 15,643,758 0.32 26.4 STREETS & HWYS . . . 2,957 1.90 10,047,060 1.56 16.9 AIRPORTS . . . . . . 1,015 0.23 3,100,772 0.13 5.8 WATER TRANSPORT. . . 0 0.00 0 0.00 0.0 PUBLIC WELFARE . . . 1,329 1.47 3,774,558 0.79 7.6 HEALTH . . . . . . . 2,340 10.64 7,350,236 8.19 13.4 HOSPITALS . . . . . 6,220 3.44 19,780,033 2.85 35.6 SOC INSUR ADMIN. . . 1,489 0.00 4,678,780 0.00 8.5 SOLID WASTE MGMT . . 61 31.20 155,671 27.89 0.3 SEWERAGE . . . . . . 759 2.03 2,721,507 1.56 4.3 PARKS & RECREATION . 2,377 1.68 6,257,031 1.42 13.6 HOUSING & COMM DEV . 575 0.00 1,894,104 0.00 3.3 NATURAL RESOURCES. . 1,133 0.27 3,112,417 0.17 6.5 WATER SUPPLY . . . . 1,248 2.53 4,454,553 1.81 7.1 ELECTRIC POWER . . . 80 0.00 279,704 0.00 0.5 GAS SUPPLY . . . . . 0 0.00 0 0.00 0.0 TRANSIT. . . . . . . 167 0.00 578,564 0.00 1.0 ELEM&SEC INSTRUCT. . 21,353 1.03 64,905,656 1.06 122.2 ELEM&SEC OTHER-TOT . 8,382 1.24 21,881,569 0.76 48.0 HIGHER ED INSTRUCT . 2,396 0.00 10,836,434 0.00 13.7 HIGHER ED OTHER. . . 4,842 0.00 9,649,677 0.00 27.7 OTHER ED -STATE. . . 119 0.00 393,709 0.00 0.7 LOCAL LIBRARIES. . . 677 1.67 1,678,736 1.07 3.9 STATE LIQUOR STORES. 0 0.00 0 0.00 0.0 OTHER & UNALLOCABLE. 3,889 2.68 12,163,497 1.14 22.3