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MARKET TO MARKET
On The Payroll
THE VAST MAJORITY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT employees serve in the education
sector—six million people in March 2013, according to the latest U.S. Census Bureau report.
The remaining categories combined make up barely half that number. Payroll for education
sector employees was reported to be $47.2 billion.
Rounding out the Top 10 employment sectors and their total payrolls are:
Police
773,505
$4.4 billion
Hospitals
493,663
$2.5 billion
Fire Protection
320,319
$1.98 billion
Public Welfare
245,717
$1 billion
Health
214,536
$938 million
Highways
260,887
$1.1 billion
Judicial and Legal
217,781
$1 billion
Corrections
248,061
$1.1 billion
Other/
unallocable
227,058
$1 billion
CASE STUDY
A FLORIDA COMMUNITY’S CITY
HALL teamed up with the local police
and fire departments, and an elementary
school for an Earth Day beach cleanup
event. They selected a BIC Message Pen
to display and deliver messages of
awareness for the event, and gave the
pens to participants.
Source: BIC Graphic