United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

City Employment and Payroll 3 0 9
No. 508. City Government Employment and Payroll: 1950 to 1981
[For October. 1 9 7 2 and 1 9 7 7 based on complete count of all cities; other years based on sample and subject to sampling
variation. Includes only those school systems operated as part of the general city government. Represents average for period of
intervals shown; for 1 9 5 0 , change from 1 9 4 b . For explanation of average annual percent cnange, see Guide to Tabular
Presentation. Minus sign ( - ) denotes decrease]
YEAR
ALL
EMPLOYEES,
FULL-TIME AND
PART-TIME
(1,000)
Total
Excl.
e d u ­
cation
OCTOBER
PAYROLL
(mll.dol.)
Total
Excl.
education
AVERAGE
ANNUAL PERCENT
CHANGE 2
O c ­
tober
s -
Total
FULL-TIME
EQUIVALENT
EMPLOYMENT
(1.000)
All
employees
Education
Other Educalion
AVERAGE
EARNINGS IN
OCTOBER,
FULL-TIME
EMPLOYEES
Other
19150.................................................. 1,311 1,106 290 230 3.2 8.9 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
1955.................................................. 1,436 1,238 414 337 1,8 7.4 1,262 182 1,060 3422 $315
19130........ ......................................... 1,692 1,439 583 471 3.3 7.1 1,447 225 1,222 502 387
1965................... .............................. 1,884 1,560 818 649 2.2 7.0 1,638 262 1,356 603 480
1070.................................................. 2,244 1,815 1,361 1,062 3.6 10.7 1,922 359 1,563 830 681
1971.................................................. 2,273 1,838 1,482 1,167 1.3 B.9 1,960 366 1,594 876 735
1972.................. ............................... 2,375 1,916 1,854 . 1,302 4.5 11.0 2,029 378 1,650 951 792
1973................................................. 2,471 1,992 1,855 1,441 4.0 12.2 2,109 402 1,707 1,045 846
1974......................................................... 2,491 2,009 1,965 1,560 .8 7.0 2,127 405 1,722 1,060 909
1975.................................................. 2,506 2,074 2,129 1,725 .6 6.3 2,142 376 1,767 1,130 972
1976.................................................. 2,443 2,021 2,235 1,804 -2.5 15.0 2,107 360 1,747 1,207 1,035
1977.................................................. 2,511 2,084 2,415 1,959 2.8 8.0 2,170 358 1,812 1,280 1,087
1978.................................................. 2,511 2,066 2,537 2,059 (z) 5.1 2,165 361 1,804 1,341 1,148
1979.................................................. 2,553 2,121 2,729 2,215 1.7 7 .6 2,189 364 1,625 1,414 1,231
19110.................................................. 2,561 2,130 2,942 2,403 .3 7 .8 2,166 360 1,806 1,501 1,338
1981.................................................. 2,469 2,056 3,222 2,640 -3.6 9.5 2 ,1 1 1 346 1,765 1 ,6 8 6 1,600
I'M Not available. Z Less than .05 percent.
No. 5 0 9 . C i t y G o v e r n m e n t E m p l o y m e n t a n d P a y r o l l — A l l C i t i e s a n d C i t i e s W i t h 50,000
P o p u l a t i o n o r M o r e : 1975 t o 1981
[As of October]
E M P L O Y E E S (1,000)
OCTOBER PAYROLL (mil. dot.)
T Y P E O F E M P L O Y M E N T
All cities Cities with 5 0 , 0 0 0
population or more1
All cities Cities with 50 , 0 0 0
population or m o re 1
1 9 7 5 1 9 8 0 1 9 8 1 1 9 7 5 1 9 8 0 1 9 8 1 1 9 7 5 1 9 8 0 1 9 8 1 1 9 7 5 1 9 8 0 1 9 8 1
Total.............................. 2 , 5 0 6 2 , 5 6 1 2 , 4 6 9 1 , 6 3 0 1 , 6 4 5 1 , 5 5 5 2 , 1 3 0 2 , 9 4 2 3 , 2 2 2 1, 6 1 2 2 , 1 8 2 2,351
Full-time................................ 2 , 0 3 3 2, 0 7 1 2,022 1 , 4 5 0 1 , 4 3 7 1 , 3 7 6 2,031 2 , 6 2 6 3 , 0 9 3 1,551 2,111 2 , 2 7 2
Part-time................................ 4 6 8 4 8 9 4 4 7 1 6 0 2 0 8 1 7 9 9 8 1 1 6 1 2 9 6 0 7 1 8 0
Full-time equivalent......... 2 , 1 4 3 2 , 1 6 6 2,111 1 , 5 0 8 1 , 4 9 3 1 , 4 2 9 (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
Education3............................ 3 7 6 3 6 0 3 4 6 3 1 2 3 0 4 2 8 2 4 2 5 5 3 9 5 8 3 3 6 3 4 6 3 4 8 9
Percent of total............. 1 8 1 7 1 6 21 20 20 20 1 8 1 8 2 3 21 21
Instructional staff.............. 2 7 7 2 6 6 2 5 5 2 2 6 2 2 4 2 0 7 3 4 6 4 3 6 4 6 8 2 9 5 3 7 6 3 9 2
Others................................ 9 9 9 4 9 1 86 6 0 7 5 7 8 102 1 1 5 68 8 7 9 8
Highways............................... 1 2 9 121 1 1 6 6 5 6 0 5 8 1 0 9 1 4 1 1 5 2 6 2 7 7 8 4
Public welfare........................ 4 2 4 1 4 2 41 3 6 3 9 3 6 4 7 5 6 3 4 4 5 5 3
Hospitals............................... 1 2 B 1 3 1 1 3 0 9 4 8 7 B B 1 0 6 1 4 3 1 6 2 8 7 102 1 1 9
Health.................................... 3 8 3 5 3 2 3 5 3 2 3 0 3 5 4 7 5 0 3 3 4 4 4 6
Police protection................. ... 3 4 9 3 6 6 3 6 5 2 2 4 2 2 4 2 2 3 3 8 4 5 5 0 6 0 8 2 7 2 3 8 9 4 0 6
Fire protection..................... ... 1 8 4 1 9 0 1 9 1 1 2 6 1 3 0 1 2 9 2 1 7 3 0 0 3 4 1 1 6 2 2 1 8 2 4 6
Sewerage................ ............. 5 5 6 0 6 0 2 6 3 2 3 2 4 6 7 4 8 2 2 7 4 4 4 0
Sanitation........... ..... ............. 1 0 8 1 0 4 9 6 66 6 3 5 9 88 1 1 8 1 2 3 6 2 8 1 8 5
Parks and recreation............ 1 0 4 1 0 3 100 7 3 7 2 6 9 8 4 1 1 6 122 6 1 8 4 8 7
Housing, urban renewal........ 3 5 4 4 4 2 31 3 8 3 6 3 5 5 7 81 3 2 5 1 5 5
Correction..................... 1 6 1 6 1 8 1 5 1 7 1 7 1 8 2 7 3 2 1 7 2 6 31
Libraries...... .................. . 3 8 3 4 3 3 2 8 2 5 2 3 3 0 3 8 41 2 3 2 8 2 9
Financial administration........ 6 1 6 9 68 3 4 3 6 3 6 5 4 6 5 9 3 3 3 5 1 5 4
General control..................... 1 0 5 112 112 6 2 66 6 2 101 1 4 7 1 6 4 66 66 102
Local utilities3........................ 200 2 0 9 2 0 7 1 3 6 1 3 9 1 3 8 2 0 6 3 0 6 3 3 9 1 5 5 2 2 5 2 5 2
Water supply...................... 9 2 9 3 9 2 51 5 0 6 0 81 1 1 6 1 3 1 5 0 7 0 81
Electric power................... 4 6 4 4 4 5 2 7 2 4 2 5 4 9 6 7 7 8 3 2 4 1 5 0
Transit................................ 5 6 66 6 3 5 4 6 2 6 0 71 1 1 5 121 7 0 110 1 1 7
All other functions............... 1 7 5 17 1 1 5 1 1 3 9 1 2 7 1 0 9 1 5 5 2 0 8 2 1 4 1 2 5 1 5 9 1 6 1
X Not applicable. 'I9 60 and 1981 data based on 1980 population; 1975 based on population estimates In 1970.
1 City-operated schools and colleges only. 5 Includes gas supply, not shown below.
Source of tables 508 and 509: U.S. Bureau of the Census, C ity E m p lo y m e n t, series GE, No. 2, annual.