May 2016

Age | Appointment Type | Education | Gender | Occupation | Race
Service Years | Agency | University | County

* All statistics include SPA employees, Cabinet agencies, Council of State agencies and Universities unless otherwise noted.

Age (SPA employees only)

Age
# of SPA Employees Percent

Less than 20

36 0.042

20-29

9,192 10.65

30-40

16,907 19.59

40-50

23,699 27.46

50-60

26,286 30.46

60-70

9,705 11.25

70+

465 0.539

Employment Type (no Universities)

Employment Type
# of SPA Employees Percent

Full Time

62,821 98.71

Part Time

423 0.66

Time Limited

400 0.63

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Education

Education
# of SPA Employees
Percent

Less than 9th grade

86 0.10

Less than High School

1,772 2.05

High School +

33,184 38.41

Associate

9,244 10.70

Bachelor

22,718 26.30

Masters

7,448 8.62

JD, MD, PhD, Etc

1,459 1.69

Other

314 0.36

Unknown

10,170 11.77

Gender

Gender
# of SPA Employees Percent

Female

43,102 49.89

Male

43,286 50.11

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Job Categories (no Universities)

Job Categories
# of SPA Employees Percent

Administrative Support

11,012 13.01

Officials and Administrators

11,349 13.41

Paraprofessional

834 0.99

Professional

24,809 29.30

Protective Services

16,029 18.93

Service and Maintenance

4,560 5.39

Skilled Craft

7,506 8.87

Technical

8,551 10.10

Undefined

12 0.01

Ethnicity

Ethnicity
# of SPA Employees Percent

African American

25,536 29.56

Asian

1,803 2.09

Hispanic

1,564 1.81

Multinational

162 0.19

Native American

1,252 1.45

Pacific Islander

18 0.02

White

54,430 63

Ethnicity Not Given

1,630 1.89

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Years of Service

Years of Service
# of SPA Employees Percent

Less than 2 years

13,951 16.36

2-4

12,802 15.01

5-9

17,173 20.13

10-14

14,521 17.02

15-19

11,215 13.15

20-29

13,810 16.19

30+

1,828 2.14

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Agencies

Agency
# of SPA Employees Percent

Administrative Office of the Courts

3 0.00

Auctioneer Licensing Board

2 0.00

Board of Barber Examiners

5 0.01

Board of Cosmetic Art Examiners

27 0.04

Community College System

178 0.28

Department of Administration

487 0.76

Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services

1,901 2.97

Department of Commerce

1,616 2.52

Department of Environmental Quality

1,574 2.46

Department of Health and Human Services

15,849 24.75

Department of Information Technology

522 0.82

Department of Insurance

399 0.62

Department of Justice

856 1.34

Department of Labor

334 0.52

Department of Military and Veteran Affairs

88 0.14

Department of Natural and Cultural Resources

1,688 2.64

Department of Public Instruction

1,061 1.66

Department of Public Safety

23,177 36.19

Department of Revenue

1,317 2.06

Department of State Treasurer

388 0.61

Department of Transportation

10,789 16.84

Department of the Secretary of State

177 0.28

NC Office of the Commissioner of Banks

94 0.15

North Carolina School of Science & Math

225 0.35

Office of Administrative Hearings

49 0.08

Office of State Budget and Management

48 0.07

Office of State Human Resources

80 0.12

Office of the State Auditor

140 0.22

Office of the State Controller

165 0.26

Psychology Board

4 0.01

State Board of Elections

55 0.09

State Ethics Commission

13 0.02

Wildlife Resource Commission

670 1.05

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Universities

University/School
# of SPA Employees % of Total State Emp.

Appalachian State University

1,204 5.45

Elizabeth City State University

177 0.80

East Carolina University

2,190 9.92

Fayetteville State University

380 1.72

North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University

819 3.71

North Carolina Central University

543 2.46

North Carolina State University

4,100 18.57

University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

6,536 29.61

University of North Carolina-General Administration

288 1.30

University of North Carolina-Asheville

339 1.54

University of North Carolina-Charlotte

1,705 7.72

University of North Carolina-Greensboro

1,103 5

University of North Carolina-Pembroke

406 1.84

University of North Carolina-School of the Arts

237 1.07

University of North Carolina-Wilmington

961 4.35

Western Carolina University

702 3.18

Winston-Salem State University

387 1.75

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Counties

County
# of SPA Employees Percent

Alamance

214 0.25

Alexander

516 0.60

Alleghany

44 0.05

Anson

799 0.94

Ashe

96 0.11

Avery

595 0.70

Beaufort

270 0.32

Bertie

450 0.53

Bladen

280 0.33

Brunswick

195 0.23

Buncombe

2,231 2.61

Burke

3,089 3.62

Cabarrus

457 0.54

Caldwell

262 0.31

Camden

21 0.02

Carteret

537 0.63

Caswell

372 0.44

Catawba

435 0.51

Chatham

213 0.25

Cherokee

125 0.15

Chowan

87 0.10

Clay

26 0.03

Cleveland

324 0.38

Columbus

908 1.06

Craven

697 0.82

Cumberland

1,140 1.34

Currituck

60 0.07

Dare

385 0.45

Davidson

269 0.32

Davie

55 0.06

Duplin

119 0.14

Durham

1,392 1.63

Edgecombe

239 0.28

Forsyth

1,379 1.62

Franklin

286 0.34

Gaston

297 0.35

Gates

29 0.03

Graham

27 0.03

Granville

3,908 4.58

Greene

902 1.06

Guilford

2,788 3.27

Halifax

513 0.60

Harnett

485 0.57

Haywood

155 0.18

Henderson

228 0.27

Hertford

150 0.18

Hoke

299 0.35

Hyde

248 0.29

Iredell

343 0.40

Jackson

949 1.11

Johnston

406 0.48

Jones

28 0.03

Lee

158 0.19

Lenoir

1,617 1.89

Lincoln

159 0.19

Macon

68 0.08

Madison

75 0.09

Martin

234 0.27

McDowell

528 0.62

Mecklenburg

2,602 3.05

Mitchell

43 0.05

Montgomery

358 0.42

Moore

306 0.36

Nash

514 0.60

New Hanover

1,900 2.23

Northampt

204 0.24

Onslow

227 0.27

Orange

6,827 8.00

Pamlico

212 0.25

Pasquotank

678 0.79

Pender

407 0.48

Perquimans

56 0.07

Person

74 0.09

Pitt

2,969 3.48

Polk

36 0.04

Randolph

572 0.67

Richmond

409 0.48

Robeson

985 1.15

Rockingham

178 0.21

Rowan

747 0.88

Rutherford

220 0.26

Sampson

496 0.58

Scotland

589 0.69

Stanly

587 0.69

Statewide

5 0.01

Stokes

95 0.11

Surry

195 0.23

Swain

50 0.06

Transylvania

54 0.06

Tyrrell

186 0.22

Union

233 0.27

Vance

147 0.17

Wake

23,540 27.58

Warren

366 0.43

Washington

69 0.08

Watauga

1,333 1.56

Wayne

2,342 2.74

Wilkes

379 0.44

Wilson

869 1.02

Yadkin

70 0.08

Yancey

60 0.07