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