LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT DATA:  MARCH 1997
VERMONT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
 
State Population Estimate (July, 1997) 588978    

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

Total                           23351          17841      40975423
Financial Administration          813            412        906339
Central Administration            846            420        981327
Judicial & Legal                   58             47        100104
Police Protection                 915            764       2039103
  with Power of Arrest            670            581       1657464
  Other                           245            183        381639
Fire Protection                   731            293        802265
  Firefighters                    695            281        774888
  Fire Other                       36             12         27377
Corrections                         0              0             0
Streets & Highways                965            897       2295254
Airports                           24             20         62356
Water Transportation                0              0             0
Public Welfare                      0              0             0
Health                             43             23         47459
Hospitals                           0              0             0
Solid Waste Mgmt                  224            127        280143
Sewage Disposal                   178            160        413829
Parks & Recreation                363            184        355529
Housing & Comm Dev                104             94        208389
Natural Resources                  17              8         14540
Water Supply                      249            180        460155
Electric Power                    222            218        684928
Gas Supply                          0              0             0
Transit                           124            117        234462
Elem & Sec Total                16909          13582      30514627
  Instructional                 12902          10706      25622537
  Other                          4007           2876       4892090
Higher Educ. Total                  0              0             0
  Instructional                     0              0             0
  Other                             0              0             0
Libraries                         199            111        199706
Other & Unallocable               367            184        374908