Show 1 Government Workers t More and More Mor Here Here 4 A total of state and andI I local government employees part t time as well as full Davis employed in time were County during October 1968 reported in an anal- anal This was of state and local employment em- em Sis vets in Utah prepared by byi Utah Foundation the private i research organization ACCORDING to the study were persons employed em- em there I i played by the State 2348 w working for the schools and other local employed by f units of government l Although the total population tion ion of Utah rose only 22 percent percent percent per per- cent between 1958 and 1968 I the e number of state and loCal local lo lo- cal employees throughout the state increased by 56 percent during this same year ten-year I period THE FOUNDATION report shows that the total state andr and r local government workforce stated in terms of time full-time I equivalent employment numbered numbered numbered num num- in ut October 1968 This represented an increase of state and local jobs from the October 1958 total of The number of state and local government f employees per population population population lation rose from in 1958 to in 1968 More than three-fourths three of the increase in the number of state and local government employees during the past ten years occurred in the area of education The study shows that education now accounts j for more than 60 percent of the total state and local em em- employment employment employment in Utah This high percentage is a reflection of the emphasis placed on education education education edu edu- cation in Utah and the extremely extremely extremely ex ex- ex- ex large educational load both at the public school and the higher education level r IN OCTOBER 1968 there were state and local edu edu- cation employees in Utah per population According to the Foundation this rate is 29 percent above the U U. S S. S average 17 percent above the average of the eleven Western Western Western West West- ern States and 5 percent higher than the average forthe forthe for forthe the eight Mountain States Although Utah is above I national and regional average I rates in the number of education education education edu edu- cation employees the Foundation Foundation Foun Foun- dation report observed that it is below average in the number of state and local employees working in most functions THE STUDY shows that Utah had state and local local local lo lo- cal employees per population population population pop pop- in fields other than education This compares with a rate of per population for the United States as a whole 2195 per for the eleven Western States and 2069 per for the eight Mountain States IN OTHER words Utah's rate of public employment is 20 percent below below below be be- low the US U.S. average 28 percent percent percent per per- cent under the average of the eleven Western States and 23 percent less than the average of the eight Mountain Mountain Mountain Moun Moun- tain States According to the analysis Utah is below national and regional averages in the rate of state and local employment employment employment employ employ- ment for hospitals public welfare and most urban type e activities such as police and fire protection sewerage services services services ser ser- vices parks and recreation etc FOUNDATION officials emphasize emphasize emphasize em em- however that employment employment employment employ employ- ment comparisons are not an absolute indicator of under or overstaffing They point out that demands and the need for the various kinds of governmental governmental governmental gov gov- services differ widely among the several states and the different sections sections sections sec sec- of the nation |