STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT DATA:  MARCH 1997
MASSACHUSETTS STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
 
State Population Estimate (July, 1997) 6117520   

                                Total
                              Employees      Full-Time
                            (Full-time +    Equivalent      Payroll
Function                     Part-time)     Employment        March

Total                          350824         303665      912770125
Financial Administration        10071           9184       27388394
Central Administration           6861           5679       15780071
Judicial & Legal                 7027           6805       21360180
Police Protection               21137          18854       67126658
  with Power of Arrest          16456          15440       59600425
  Other                          4681           3414        7526233
Fire Protection                 15159          12363       42700877
  Firefighters                  14487          11843       41290991
  Fire Other                      672            520        1409886
Corrections                     11674          11401       36408140
Streets & Highways              10728          10489       33033045
Airports                         1180           1160        4561614
Water Transportation              167            150         522213
Public Welfare                  10169           9429       27078829
Health                           9655           7899       25776211
Hospitals                       24948          23389       60852951
Social Insurance Admin           2165           2026        5987579
Solid Waste Mgmt                 1491           1311        3040205
Sewage Disposal                  3277           3142        9168914
Parks & Recreation               4126           3054        7377311
Housing & Comm Dev               4558           4206       11655074
Natural Resources                1780           1679        5579247
Water Supply                     4166           3893       11079917
Electric Power                   1308           1274        5026154
Gas Supply                        172            172         693993
Transit                          6257           6003       22429850
Elem & Sec Total               140764         125584      367837742
  Instructional                102849          95782      307663891
  Other                         37915          29802       60173851
Higher Educ. Total              36236          21959       65668739
  Instructional                 13231           8379       32448675
  Other                         23005          13580       33220064
Other Education                   782            729        2366884
Libraries                        5099           3461        7869034
State Liquor Stores                 0              0              0
Other & Unallocable              9867           8370       24400299