1998 Public Employment Data
State and Local Governments
Rhode Island

              Population         988,480

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

TOTAL. . . . . . . .       49,844   0.62       156,529,767   0.49    504.2
  Function
FINANCIAL ADMIN. . .        1,279   0.55         3,485,426   0.37     12.9
CENTRAL ADMIN. . . .        1,443   0.48         3,162,896   0.37     14.6
JUDICIAL-LEGAL . . .        1,162   0.00         4,146,347   0.04     11.8
POLICE-ARREST. . . .        2,292   0.85         8,703,712   0.75     23.2
POLICE-OTHER . . . .          585   1.20         1,324,940   1.12      5.9
FIREFIGHTERS . . . .        1,984   1.08         6,593,084   1.04     20.1
FIRE-OTHER . . . . .          172   4.07           420,226   4.33      1.7
CORRECTION . . . . .        1,719   0.00         7,273,964   0.00     17.4
STREETS & HWYS . . .        1,774   0.66         5,090,257   0.52     17.9
AIRPORTS . . . . . .            0   0.00                 0   0.00      0.0
WATER TRANSPORT. . .            0   0.00                 0   0.00      0.0
PUBLIC WELFARE . . .        1,989   0.00         6,372,155   0.00     20.1
HEALTH . . . . . . .        1,381   0.00         4,847,119   0.00     14.0
HOSPITALS  . . . . .        1,251   0.00         4,102,505   0.00     12.7
SOC INSUR ADMIN. . .          725   0.00         2,029,184   0.00      7.3
SOLID WASTE MGMT . .          305   0.00           837,921   0.14      3.1
SEWERAGE . . . . . .          630   0.00         1,817,976   0.00      6.4
PARKS & RECREATION .          407   0.33           873,111   0.18      4.1
HOUSING & COMM DEV .          550   4.19         1,398,747   3.91      5.6
NATURAL RESOURCES. .          564   0.00         1,790,281   0.00      5.7
WATER SUPPLY . . . .          448   5.31         1,177,567   6.58      4.5
ELECTRIC POWER . . .           31  98.90           112,052 100.00      0.3
GAS SUPPLY . . . . .            0   0.00                 0   0.00      0.0
TRANSIT. . . . . . .          539   0.00         1,719,289   0.00      5.5
ELEM&SEC INSTRUCT. .       16,287   0.43        56,949,533   0.31    164.8
ELEM&SEC OTHER-TOT .        3,864   1.07         8,659,906   0.79     39.1
HIGHER ED INSTRUCT .        2,768   0.00         9,752,169   0.00     28.0
HIGHER ED OTHER. . .        3,096   0.00         5,988,631   0.00     31.3
OTHER ED -STATE. . .          593   0.00         2,626,519   0.00      6.0
LOCAL LIBRARIES. . .          388   0.92           763,589   0.57      3.9
STATE LIQUOR STORES.            0   0.00                 0   0.00      0.0
OTHER & UNALLOCABLE.        1,618   0.18         4,510,661   0.12     16.4