Information in this report was derived from the Basic Educational Data System of New York State and the state's teacher certification files. The first section of the report (tables 1 through 6) deals with information about personnel by professional field and is concerned with positions rather than with people. Those who work in more than one field are counted once for each field. Tables showing characteristics of public school teachers (Section 2, tables 7 and 8) and characteristics of administrators (Section 3, tables 9 through 16) represent unduplicated counts of individuals. In addition, no distinction was made between full-time and part-time positions except for information on salaries, reported for full-time only. Characteristics identified include numbers of teachers and nonteaching professionals, salaries, certification status, age distribution, years of experience, geographic location, and educational background indicated by degree status. (Contains 16 tables.) (SLD)