STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS, BY STATE-Continued
                                                                        October
1985


                                                                  Employes'
                                               Average October Earnings2
                                                  Number                
      Per 10,000 Population                   Education Employes3
                                                                        
                                     All                   Local     Higher
     All Other
State                                  Total       State       Local    
Total    Rank4    State   Local   Employes      Rank4     School    Education
   Employes
Oklahoma ..........................     157,550     53,283     104,267  
  477     14       161     316       1,568         41       1,703     2,863
       1,508
Oregon...........................       116,773     36,753      80,020  
  435     31       137     298       1,886         18       1,975     2,726
       1,875
Pennsylvania .......................   422,813     113,363     309,450  
  357     51       96      261       1,839         20      2,083      2,809
       1,761
Rhode Island.......................    . 40,085     17,535      22,550  
  414     40*      181     233       2,017         11       2,577     2,525
       1,848
South Carolina ......................158,809        59,711      99,098  
  474     15       178     296       1,510         47       1,642     3,160
       1,416
South Dakota.......................      32,127     11,202      20,925  
  454     21*      158     296       1,436         49       1,486     2,739
       1,379
Tennessee ..........................    207,788     62,610     145,178  
  436     29*      131     305       1,549         42       1,750     2,693
       1,492
Texas .............................    763,535     177,625     585,910  
  466     16       109     358       1,723         26       1,807      3,307
      1,733
Utah ..............................      67,991     27,737      40,254  
  413     42       169     245       1,794         23       1,871      2,504
      1,839
Vermont ...........................      23,469      10,523     12,945  
  439      28      197     242       1,604         37       1,636      2,912
      1,548
Virginia ............................   259,353     88,432     170,921  
  455      20      155     300       1,721         28       1,886      3,115
      1,650
Washington ........................     192,091     65,324     126,767  
  436      29*     148     288       2,042          8       2,306      2,725
      2,100
West Virginia .......................    93,436     35,026      58,410  
  483      12      181     302       1,495         48       1,780      2,769
      1,315
WISCONSIN.......................        203,235     53,031     150,204  
  426      36      111     315       1,929         17       2,122      2,560
      1,806
Wyoming ..........................       32,298      9,560      22,738  
  635       3      188     447       1,867         19       2,147      2,819
      1,744
D.C ...............................      47,059         -       47,059  
  752       2       -      752       2,477          2       3,259      3,436
      2,382
  TOTAL ...........................  10,567,675   2,990,470   7,577,205 
  443              125     317      $1,885                 $2,093     $2,990
     $1,837
'Full-time equivalent employes in October 1985.
2Full-time state and local government employes for October 1985.
3Instructional personnel only.
'Ranking by the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau.
*Tie in ranking.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Public Employmnent in 1985, August 1986.


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