| State Employees by Function | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Last Nine Fiscal Years | ||||||||||
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | |
| Primary Government | ||||||||||
| Legislative | 668 | 695 | 701 | 713 | 706 | 705 | 716 | 705 | 685 | 722 |
| General Government | 3,654 | 3,783 | 3,897 | 3,811 | 3,630 | 3,584 | 3,453 | 3,107 | 3,324 | 3,360 |
| Regulation and Protection | 4,258 | 4,324 | 4,384 | 4,271 | 4,088 | 4,099 | 3,999 | 3,945 | 4,064 | 4,126 |
| Conservation and Development | 1,302 | 1,306 | 1,356 | 1,388 | 1,293 | 1,296 | 1,393 | 1,324 | 1,303 | 1,309 |
| Health and Hospital | 7,774 | 7,841 | 7,984 | 4,138 | 3,925 | 3,844 | 3,862 | 3,857 | 3,822 | 3,792 |
| Transportation | 3,131 | 3,198 | 3,256 | 3,139 | 3,070 | 3,055 | 3,018 | 2,986 | 3,027 | 3,092 |
| Human Services | 1,891 | 1,969 | 2,046 | 1,982 | 5,175 | 5,133 | 5,017 | 4,618 | 4,841 | 4,898 |
| Education, Libraries, and Museums | 19,375 | 19,619 | 20,219 | 20,126 | 20,225 | 20,777 | 21,692 | 21,203 | 20,937 | 21,263 |
| Corrections | 9,797 | 9,927 | 10,116 | 10,034 | 9,539 | 9,243 | 9,151 | 8,628 | 8,588 | 8,721 |
| Judicial | 4,381 | 4,457 | 4,628 | 4,567 | 4,601 | 4,626 | 4,744 | 4,605 | 4,597 | 4,639 |
| Total Number of Employees - Primary Government | 56,231 | 57,119 | 58,587 | 54,169 | 56,252 | 56,362 | 57,045 | 54,978 | 55,188 | 55,922 |
Note: 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.