| State Employees by Function | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Last Ten Fiscal Years | ||||||||||
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | |
| Primary Government | ||||||||||
| Legislative | 665 | 668 | 695 | 701 | 713 | 706 | 705 | 716 | 705 | 685 |
| General Government | 3,645 | 3,654 | 3,783 | 3,897 | 3,811 | 3,630 | 3,584 | 3,453 | 3,107 | 3,324 |
| Regulation and Protection | 4,196 | 4,258 | 4,324 | 4,384 | 4,271 | 4,088 | 4,099 | 3,999 | 3,945 | 4,064 |
| Conservation and Development | 1,296 | 1,302 | 1,306 | 1,356 | 1,388 | 1,293 | 1,296 | 1,393 | 1,324 | 1,303 |
| Health and Hospital | 7,668 | 7,774 | 7,841 | 7,984 | 4,138 | 3,925 | 3,844 | 3,862 | 3,857 | 3,822 |
| Transportation | 3,053 | 3,131 | 3,198 | 3,256 | 3,139 | 3,070 | 3,055 | 3,018 | 2,986 | 3,027 |
| Human Services | 1,847 | 1,891 | 1,969 | 2,046 | 1,982 | 5,175 | 5,133 | 5,017 | 4,618 | 4,841 |
| Education, Libraries, and Museums | 18,874 | 19,375 | 19,619 | 20,219 | 20,126 | 20,225 | 20,777 | 21,692 | 21,203 | 20,937 |
| Corrections | 9,738 | 9,797 | 9,927 | 10,116 | 10,034 | 9,539 | 9,243 | 9,151 | 8,628 | 8,588 |
| Judicial | 4,297 | 4,381 | 4,457 | 4,628 | 4,567 | 4,601 | 4,626 | 4,744 | 4,605 | 4,597 |
| Total Number of Employees - Primary Government | 55,279 | 56,231 | 57,119 | 58,587 | 54,169 | 56,252 | 56,362 | 57,045 | 54,978 | 55,188 |
Note: This information was not available prior to 2005. The number of
employees excludes job classes such as contractors, intermittent,
durational, seasonal, trainee, temporary and part-time employment.
The total for the primary government includes the employees of the
University of Connecticut, the University of Connecticut Health Center,
and the Board of Regents for Higher Education which includes the State
University System and the Connecticut Community Colleges.