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Show :-rtsr""" 1 . ....,. .J1 '.Ma.tiet.tfAjiiii.(rf Ej ,imJt ...... stale and local government employee em-ployee for every 24 in the population pop-ulation at large. By 1971, the number had risen to one for every 17. In 1961, total annual state-local state-local Dayroll costs were nearly 146 million. By 1971, this had jumped to $348 million. On a per capita basis, this means that ten years ago. the tax burden to meet state-local payroll cos s was $156. In 1971, it had grown to over $348 per cap! a. This increase in-crease amounts to 162. Education, the most cos'ly function of s'ate-local government, govern-ment, accounts for over half of personal service outlays. At the state level, over half of the workers are employed in education educa-tion at the local level, 69. We must remember that when government creates jobs, it increases the tax burden on individuals. When private industry in-dustry and business creates jobs, it cuts the tax burden on individuals. Tax burden remains re-mains unchanged only when the public and private sector employment move together. Gary Smith, Milford, simulates a blocdgas analysis as part of training in bio-medical electronics lab at Utah Technical College at Salt Lake. The ons-quarter course is one of the top-rated in the nation. were on the public payroll. Total state and local government govern-ment employment grew by 68 between 1961 and 1971. This rate was higher than the national na-tional increase of 58. Total non-government workers in the past 10 years increased 19, from 272,100 to 325,084. The growth in public employment was three and one half times as great as in private employment. employ-ment. Ten years ago, there was one GOVERNMENT UTAH'S LARGEST EMPLOYER Fdderal Government was Utah's largest single employer in 1971 with a total of 39,998 full and part-time workers. The second largest employer in tht state was local government with 38,170 employees. In thirc place was the state with 26,448. All levels of government em ployed 104,616 persons. While Utah's population grew 17 from 1961 to 1971, the nmnl ber of state-local governmen employees increased at a rafc four times as great, and monthly month-ly payroll costs increased at e rate over nine times as fast. Government employment da'a shown below is taken from the U. S. Census report "Public Employment in 1971." Othei source material is the "Statistical "Statisti-cal Abstract of the U. S.," n!sc published by the Bureau o' Census, and the Department o: Employment Security Reports. Utah Government Employment 1961 to 1971 1961 1971 Incr. Oct. Oct. State 13.300 26,448 99 Local 25,100 38.170 52 Total 38,400 64,618 68 Federal Civilian 29,100 39,998 37 Utah Pop. 936,000 1,099,000 17 This shows that Utah's ful and part-time state-local gov crnment workers increased frorr 38,400 in 1961 to 64,618 in 1971 an increase of 68. Monthly payrolls (October) costs rose from $12.2 million to $31.9 million, mil-lion, or 162. In the decade Utah's population grew 17 from 936,000 to 1,099,000. Federal employees. In tin 1961-71 period, the number oi Federal government civiliar workers increased from 29,1 0( to 39,998, or by 37 a rate about twice as fast as Utah'.' population. State employment. T h growth of state governmen workers outstripped all othei categories. The 99 increase from 13,300 to 26,448 was almost al-most twice the growth of loca employees. It was over two and a half times faster than Feder al employee growth. It increased increas-ed almost six times faster than the state's population. Monthly state payroll costs (October) jumped from $3,955,000 to $13,-727,000, $13,-727,000, or 247 in the ten year period. Governments in Utah Federal, Fed-eral, state, and local accounted account-ed for 24.3 of the state's civilian civi-lian employment in 1971. Tr 1961, 19-8 of Utah's worker; I |