just the facts please! (insurance, salary, statistics)

[flycessna]

In my continuous effort to gain more knowledge about Maine(based on facts). I am respectfully recruiting the help from all of the intelligent and knowledgable people on this forum. I would like the answers to the following questions but please feel free to add any statistical fact you want. It must be about Maine and not an OPINION! please.

1. what is the actual size of maine state government (total personal on payroll.


2. How many maine residence work for local municipalitites in the state.


3. How many Maine residence are on medicaid.


4. what is Maines population.

believe it or not I have had a difficult time finding this. feel free to add ANY statistical fact about Maine.

[msina]

Last census 2006 Population was 1,321,574. This article How do Maine State employee salaries stack up? has some interesting facts on salaries and comparisons for some state employees. 12,129 total state employees, more info on the breakdown here 2005 State Report Cards: Maine State Government’s Grade for Workforce Management

[flycessna]

Thanks for the links. The most current info i found was the article posted in the bangor daily news in july 2007. here are a few stats.

The Federal Bureau of Economic Analysis reports that in 2005, the last year for which statistics were available, Maine had 26,248 state jobs, a ratio of one job for every 50 residents. Neighboring New Hampshire had a slightly lower ratio, with one job for every 54 residents, and Vermont had a higher ratio, with one job for every 39 residents.

Maine state spending on employee salaries and wages, not including benefits such as medical insurance, totaled $945.5 million in 2005, according to the federal bureau. New Hampshire spent $806.5 million on state employee pay that year and Vermont spent $671.9 million.

Maine’s mean, or average, state employee salary based on total spending and number of jobs was $36,000 in 2005. New Hampshire’s mean salary was $33,600, and Vermont’s was $41,800 for the same year. Median, or midpoint, figures were not available.

[forest beekeeper]

Originally Posted by flycessna

Thanks for the links. The most current info i found was the article posted in the bangor daily news in july 2007. here are a few stats.

The Federal Bureau of Economic Analysis reports that in 2005, the last year for which statistics were available, Maine had 26,248 state jobs, a ratio of one job for every 50 residents. Neighboring New Hampshire had a slightly lower ratio, with one job for every 54 residents, and Vermont had a higher ratio, with one job for every 39 residents.

Maine state spending on employee salaries and wages, not including benefits such as medical insurance, totaled $945.5 million in 2005, according to the federal bureau. New Hampshire spent $806.5 million on state employee pay that year and Vermont spent $671.9 million.

Maine’s mean, or average, state employee salary based on total spending and number of jobs was $36,000 in 2005. New Hampshire’s mean salary was $33,600, and Vermont’s was $41,800 for the same year. Median, or midpoint, figures were not available.

That is interesting: 1 state employee for every 50 residents. Less than NH and more than VT.

Maine spends $945M on salaries. Which is more than NH or VT.