United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

3 1 0 State and Local Government Finances and Employment
No. 510. C it y Go vernm ent Employment and Payroll—S elected Larg e Cit ie s : 1970 t o 1981
[For October. See text, p. 272)
FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT EMPLOYMENT OCTOBER PAYROLL AVERAGE EARNINGS IN
CITIES RANKED 8Y POPULATION-SIZE,
(mil. dol.)
1980 Total (i.ooo) Per 10,000 population 1 EMPLOYEES (dol )
1979 1975 1981 1970 1975 1981 1970 1975 1981 1970 1961
New York, N-Y.a 1........................... 375 348 326 476 464 462 326 435 603 869 1,054
Chicago, III........................................ 44 49 42 131 157 141 40 20 76 902 1,796
Los Angeles, Calif......— ................... 42 47 41 150 172 137 42 64 90 990 2,216
Philadelphia. Pa........................... ..... 34 38 34 177 209 196 30 45 57 866 1,701
Houston, Tex.................................... 10 14 18 81 107 114 7 13 29 679 1,621
Detroit, Mich..................................... SB 21 20 172 159 170 21 26 49 S02 2,392
Dallas, Tex....................................... 11 13 13 134 163 148 8 13 22 693 1,637
San Diego, Calif..................... .......... 5 7 7 78 69 75 5 9 13 868 1,917
Phoenix, Arte.................................... 5 7 9 94 110 109 4 7 15 718 1,729
Baltimore, Md.13............................... 37 41 33 412 475 426 26 37 49 704 1,453
San Antonio, Tex............ ................ 9 11 *10 128 143 4128 5 10 413 648 *1,202
Indianapolis, Ind................................ 6 11 12 78 160 171 3 8 14 500 1,120
San Francisco, Calif................ ........ 20 22 21 285 324 306 19 27 42 945 2,017
Memphis, Tenn.2.............................. 24 22 a2l 387 32B 4327 15 20 630 618 81,479
Washington, D.C.,a.......................... 49 46 39 642 643 605 39 57 70 604 1,976
Milwaukee, Wis................................. 10 10 9 138 145 140 8 11 15 708 *1,647
San Jose, Calil................................. a 4 4 59 66 63 3 5 9 670 2,276
Cleveland, Ohio................................ is 13 * 9 210 197 *160 1 0 13 *13 6 2 1 *1,460
Columbus, Ohio................... ........... 5 7 *7 94 124 4122 4 7 *10 7 3 4 *1,498
Boston, Mass.’ .,,............... .............. 25 25 a25 382 390 *444 18 27 *36 753 81,398
New Orleans, La...... ........................ 10 11 10 169 188 171 5 7 12 465 1,230
Jacksonville, Fla............................... 6 10 10 115 194 183 4 9 15 716 1,491
Seattle, Wash..,.,............................... 10 9 9 188 180 172 8 10 19 820 2,192
Denver, Colo.................................... 9 12 12 173 252 240 6 13 20 710 1,716
Nashville-Davldson, Tenn. 3............... 14 16 17 319 425 367 9 IS 24 632 1,414
St. Louis, Mo.................................... 13 14 11 215 257 252 9 12 16 642 1,407
Kansas City, Mo.................. ............. 6 7 8 113 137 173 4 7 11 686 1,452
El Paso, Tex.................................... 3 4 4 85 90 99 2 3 6 662 1,355
Atlanta, Ga....................................... 7 9 8 147 204 180 4 7 10 612 1,356
Pittsburgh. Pa.......................... ........ 7 6 ’ S 135 121 7135 5 5 76 679 11,116
Oklahoma City, Okia........................ 4 4 44 97 104 *104 2 3 *6 559 *1,323
Cincinnati, Ohio................... ............. 13 17 6 297 421 167 9 17 11 648 1,684
Fort Worth, Tex............................... 4 4 5 100 122 122 3 4 7 647 1.526
Minneapolis, Minn............................. 5 6 5 117 146 130 4 7 9 625 1,947
Portland, Drag.................................. 5 5 4 121 132 118 4 6 8 790 1.966
Honolulu, Hawaii............................... 7 9 8 110 126 110 6 9 13 611 1,581
Long Beach, Calif........................... . 5 S 5 127 152 126 4 7 9 913 1,975
Tulsa, Okla....................................... 3 3 *4 83 96 *115 2 3 *5 621 *1,184
Buffato, N Y * 13 13 11 200 325 313 11 14 18 629 1,580
Toledo, Ohio....... ............................ 4 4 *3 98 105 *96 3 4 *6 823 *1,756
Miami, Fla...................................... 4 4 4 126 1QQ 102 3 5 7 604 1,863
Austin, Tex....................................... 4 6 7 102 132 209 4 6 11 953 1,593
Oakland, Calif.................................. 4 4 3 102 132 102 4 6 8 953 2,240
Albuquerque, N. Mex....................... 3 4 4 107 137 122 2 3 7 654 1,650
Tucson, A riz.....
2 4 4 94 150 112 2 4 6 697 1,686
Newark, N.J. *... 16 18 12 407 542 373 12 17 20 814 1,593
Charlotte. N.C., 3 4 4 113 137 121 2 4 6 667 1,469
Omaha, Nebr... 3 4 3 75 96 66 2 3 5 662 1,853
Louisville, Ky..., 6 6 4 161 166 145 4 5 7 6 7 2 1,521
Birmingham, Ala 4 4 a 120 134 120 2 3 5 573 1.367
Wichita, Kans... 3 3 a 95 115 105 2 3 4 607 1,474
Sacramento, Calif 3 3 a 112 131 105 2 4 6 824 2,005
Tampa. Fla..... 4 4 4 146 152 151 2 4 5 453 1,241
St, Paul. Minn-, 3 3 a 89 120 118 2 4 6 874 1,909
Norfolk, Va.*.... 10 12 10 309 401 367 6 9 13 590 1,343
Virginia Beach. Va. *......................... 4 7 9 257 321 337 3 6 11 (NA) 1,289
Rochester, N.Y.8.......................— . 11 10 8 356 372 319 8 11 14 739 1,881
St. Petersburg, Fla
Akron, Ohio....
4 3 3 171 147 122 2 3 4 529 1,356
3 3 3 103 124 118 2 3 5 716 1,622
Corpus Christl, Tex.......................... 2 3 “3 112 136 8123 1 3 83 (NA) "942
Jersey City, N.J. * ............................ 7 8 58 284 341 *349 6 B S11 792 81,401
Baton Rouge, La.,...-....... .................. 3 3 5 69 104 134 1 2 6 528 1,168
1 2 2 85 102 90 1 2 4 938 2,194
Richmond, Va. \ ............................... 10 10 401 442 4 4 9 7 9 12 (NA) 1,235
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NA Not available. ‘ 3970 and 1981 b a s e d o n 1 8 7 0 and 1960 enumerated population; 1975 based on 1975 population
estimates. includes city-operated elementary and secondary schools. includes city-operated university or collage.
'Data are for October 1980 6Comprises education data (or October 1980; other data are for October 1981. fiOa