Vermont had the biggest drop in part-time employment with a decline of over 20 percent in 2010, according to the US Census Bureau. The state had 14,419 fulltime equivalent employees, including higher education. Those workers were paid a total of $66,639,510 a month, or an average of $4,622 per worker, or $55,460 a year; the equivalent US average was $54,968, a difference of just under one percent. (See table below)
InMarch 2011, there were 16.4 million full-time equivalent employees working in state and local governments in the US, down 1.4 percent from 2010. According to estimates released today by the U.S. Census Bureau, the majority of these employees (8.9 million) worked in education, followed by those working in hospitals (964,381), police protection (923,951) and corrections (717,940).
These estimates come from the2011 Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. The survey shows totals for state and local government full-time and part-time employment and details employment by government function at the national and state level. To arrive at the full-time equivalent employee calculation, the number of full-time employees is added to the number of hours worked by part-time employees divided by the standard number of hours for a full-time employee.
Local Government Employment
Local governments- which include counties, cities, townships, special districts and school districts- accounted for 12.0 million full-time equivalent employees in 2011, down 204,781 in full-time equivalent employees from 2010. Part-time state and local government employees numbered 4.9 million in 2011, an increase of 22,770 from 2010. Education accounted for the largest percentage of local government employment in the nation, with 7.0 million full-time equivalent employees (58.7 percent).
BetweenMarch 2010andMarch 2011, most states saw decreases or no statistically significant change in local government full-time equivalent employees.Arizonashowed the biggest percentage decline (7.0 percent) from 2010. Other states showing a decline of at least 4.0 percent wereIndiana(6.1 percent),Michigan(5.9 percent),New Jersey(4.9 percent) andNew York(4.2 percent).
Arkansassaw the largest increase in local government full-time equivalent employees (13.3 percent) from 2010 to 2011. Other states showing an increase of at least 4.0 percent wereLouisiana(4.5 percent),Maine(5.3 percent),Utah(4.5 percent) andWyoming(5.6 percent).
The number of local government part-time employees in the U.S. increased fromMarch 2010toMarch 2011, with an overall gain of 10,021 employees.Mississippihad the largest gain in local part-time employment (up 14.7 percent), whileMainehad the largest percentage decline of part-time employment (down 16.1 percent) fromMarch 2010toMarch 2011.
State Government Employment
State governments employed 4.4 million full-time equivalent employees in 2011, down 0.4 percent from 2010. Education accounted for the largest percentage of state government employment in the nation, with 1.8 million full-time equivalent employees (42.4 percent).
Half of the 50 state governments saw decreases in full-time equivalent employment between 2010 and 2011, withLouisianaleading with a 4.9 percent decline. Following Louisiana wereMassachusetts(3.5 percent),New Jersey(3.4 percent),Oklahoma(3.1 percent) andNew York(3.0 percent).
North Carolinasaw the largest percent increase in full-time equivalent employees (5.4 percent), adding 7,955 to its workforce. FollowingNorth Carolinain increased full-time equivalent employment wereUtah(4.3 percent),Tennessee(4.0 percent),Arizona(3.0 percent) andNorth Dakota(2.5 percent).
Part-time state government employees in the U.S. increased 0.8 percent to 1.5 million full-time equivalent employees.Utahshowed the largest percentage increase, up 18.0 percent from 2010. FollowingUtahwereMontana(10.4 percent),Indiana(9.6 percent),Arkansas(7.6 percent) andArizona(6.4 percent).
Vermontsaw the largest loss in part-time employment, down 20.4 percent from 2010. Following Vermont wereKentucky(10.5 percent),Connecticut(6.3 percent),New Jersey(5.5 percent) andMissouri(4.5 percent).
2012 Census of Governments
In 2012, the Census Bureau is conducting a census of governments, done every five years. All state and local governments will be canvassed for the2012 Census of Governments: Employment Component. In other years, theAnnual Survey of Public Employment & Payrolluses a sample of the local government universe from the previous census of governments to conduct the survey.
The Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll was compiled for the month ofMarch 2011.Total number of government units is as of the 2007 Census of Governments.
The data are subject to sampling and nonsampling errors. All comparisons made in the report have been tested and found to be statistically significant at the 90 percent confidence level. Further information about the methodology and data limitations is available at
Editor's note: The tables can be accessed at
STATE GOVERNMENT: EMPLOYMENT AND PAYROLL DATA
BY STATE AND BY FUNCTION: MARCH 2011
SOURCE: 2011 Annual Survey of Public Employment and Payroll. For information on sampling and nonsampling errors and definitions,
see http://www.census.gov/govs/apes/how_data_collected.html. Data users who create their own estimates from these tables
should cite the U.S. Census Bureau as the source of the original data only.
Total
Full-time
Full-Time
March
Full-time
pay
Part-time
Equivalent
Pay
State
Government Function
employees
(whole dollars)
employees
Employment
(whole dollars)
United States
Total
3,779,258
$17,896,466,096
1,534,267
4,359,380
$19,971,861,990
Vermont
Total
13,236
$61,000,379
2,610
14,419
$66,639,510
Vermont
Financial Administration
574
$2,559,087
12
577
$2,567,224
Vermont
Other Government Administration
465
$1,827,404
216
474
$2,327,154
Vermont
Judicial and Legal
666
$2,855,233
18
669
$2,866,693
Vermont
Police Officers Only
308
$1,855,024
17
312
$1,865,031
Vermont
Other Police Employees
115
$475,481
34
139
$521,076
Vermont
Corrections
1,058
$4,360,854
4
1,059
$4,363,444
Vermont
Highways
1,010
$4,599,209
2
1,010
$4,599,643
Vermont
Air Transportation
0
$0
0
0
$0
Vermont
Water Transport and Terminals
0
$0
0
0
$0
Vermont
Public Welfare
1,313
$5,528,009
31
1,319
$5,553,849
Vermont
Health
456
$1,992,542
2
456
$1,994,665
Vermont
Hospitals
285
$1,264,976
12
288
$1,288,929
Vermont
Social Insurance Administration
278
$1,095,908
2
278
$1,096,603
Vermont
Solid Waste Management
0
$0
0
0
$0
Vermont
Sewerage
0
$0
0
0
$0
Vermont
Parks and Recreation
108
$461,550
2
108
$462,398
Vermont
Housing and Community Development
0
$0
0
0
$0
Vermont
Natural Resources
554
$2,634,131
7
556
$2,644,414
Vermont
Water Supply
0
$0
0
0
$0
Vermont
Electric Power
0
$0
0
0
$0
Vermont
Gas Supply
0
$0
0
0
$0
Vermont
Transit
0
$0
0
0
$0
Vermont
Elem & Sec Instructional Employees
0
$0
0
0
$0
Vermont
Elem & Sec Other Employees
0
$0
0
0
$0
Vermont
Higher Ed Instructional Employees
1,057
$8,802,197
1,149
1,415
$10,878,269
Vermont
Higher Ed Other Employees
3,349
$13,392,857
990
4,081
$16,177,116
Vermont
Other Education
479
$2,161,827
29
495
$2,216,954
Vermont
Local Libraries
0
$0
0
0
$0
Vermont
State Liquor Stores
54
$230,218
0
54
$230,218
Vermont
All Other and Unallocable
1,107
$4,903,872
83
1,129
$4,985,830
Source: US Census. WASHINGTON,Aug. 23, 2012/PRNewswire-USNewswire/