May 2022
As of May 2022
- Data Inclusion and Exclusion: This data set includes all SHRA permanent University and State Agency employees excluding Judicial Branch, General Assembly and School of Math & Science. Temporary employees, students, and contractors are also excluded. (For data on excluded categories, please contact those entities directly.)
- Subject to Human Resource Act (SHRA) employees refers to employees who are covered by the employment terms and conditions of the State Human Resources Act.
Age | Number of Employees | Percent of Total State Employees |
Less than 20 | 68 | 0% |
20-29 | 8,375 | 11% |
30-39 | 15,463 | 20% |
40-49 | 19,024 | 25% |
50-59 | 22,320 | 29% |
60-69 | 9,705 | 13% |
70 or more | 807 | 1% |
Employment Type | Number of SHRA Employees | Percent of Total State Employees |
Full Time | 54,344 | 98.6% |
Part Time | 228 | 0.4% |
Time Limited | 542 | 1.0% |
Education | Number of Employees | Percent of Total State Employees |
Less than High School | 3,312 | 4% |
High School Graduate | 25,446 | 34% |
Associate | 17,363 | 23% |
Bachelor | 11,352 | 15% |
Advanced Degree | 9,034 | 12% |
Certifications | 381 | 1% |
Gender | Number of Employees | Percent of Total State Employees |
Female | 39,596 | 52.3% |
Male | 36,163 | 47.7% |
Unreported | 3 | 0.0% |
Job Categories | Number of SHRA Employees | Percent of Total State Employees |
Administrative Support | 5,095 | 9% |
Agricultural, Environmental & Scientific | 2,114 | 4% |
Corrections | 11,966 | 22% |
Education & Training | 679 | 1% |
Engineering | 2,772 | 5% |
Executive | 94 | 0% |
Financial & Business Management | 2,737 | 5% |
Human Resources | 631 | 1% |
Human Services | 3,091 | 6% |
Information Communication & Media | 349 | 1% |
Information Technology | 2,212 | 4% |
Institutional Support Services | 1,189 | 2% |
Law Enforcement & Public Safety | 3,239 | 6% |
Legal | 623 | 1% |
Medical & Health | 7,198 | 13% |
Natural, Historic & Cultural Resources | 604 | 1% |
Operations & Trades | 6,047 | 11% |
Planning & Economic Development | 344 | 1% |
Program Management | 3,219 | 6% |
Safety & Inspection | 911 | 2% |
Ethnicity | Number of Employees | Percent of Total State Employees |
African American | 22,733 | 30% |
Asian | 1,898 | 3% |
Hispanic | 2,121 | 3% |
Multinational | 784 | 1% |
Native American | 1,156 | 2% |
Pacific Islander | 45 | 0% |
White | 46,138 | 61% |
Ethnicity Not Given | 887 | 1% |
Years of Service | Number of Employees | Percent of Total State Employees |
Less than 2 years | 8,478 | 11% |
2 to 4 | 13,284 | 18% |
5 to 9 | 16,042 | 21% |
10 to 14 | 10,610 | 14% |
15 to 19 | 11,654 | 15% |
20 to 29 | 13,252 | 17% |
30+ | 2,442 | 3% |
Agency | Number of SHRA Employees | Percent of Total State Employees |
Administration | 438 | 0.7% |
Agriculture | 1,784 | 3.1% |
Commerce | 1,405 | 2.5% |
Community Colleges | 138 | 0.3% |
Cosmetic Arts | 24 | 0.0% |
Elections | 85 | 0.1% |
Environmental Quality | 1,400 | 2.5% |
Health Human Services | 13,875 | 25.8% |
Information Technology | 917 | 1.8% |
Insurance | 534 | 0.9% |
Justice | 714 | 1.2% |
Labor | 314 | 0.5% |
Military and Veterans Affairs | 94 | 0.2% |
Natural and Cultural Resources | 1,690 | 2.9% |
Opticians | 1 | 0.0% |
Public Instruction | 868 | 1.4% |
Public Safety | 19,277 | 36.5% |
Revenue | 1,291 | 2.2% |
Secretary of State | 172 | 0.3% |
State Auditor | 139 | 0.2% |
State Budget & Management | 57 | 0.1% |
State Controller | 177 | 0.3% |
State Ethics | 78 | 0.0% |
State Human Resources | 78 | 0.1% |
State Treasurer | 312 | 0.5% |
Transportation | 8,665 | 14.8% |
Wildlife | 613 | 1.0% |
University/School | Number of Employees | Percent of Total State Employees |
Appalachian State University | 1,256 | 6% |
Elizabeth City State University | 140 | 1% |
East Carolina University | 1,945 | 9% |
Fayetteville State University | 343 | 2% |
North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University | 734 | 4% |
North Carolina Central University | 479 | 2% |
North Carolina State University | 3,851 | 19% |
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill | 6,228 | 30% |
University of North Carolina-General Administration | 375 | 1% |
University of North Carolina-Asheville | 269 | 1% |
University of North Carolina-Charlotte | 1,536 | 7% |
University of North Carolina-Greensboro | 993 | 5% |
University of North Carolina-Pembroke | 220 | 2% |
University of North Carolina-School of the Arts | 235 | 1% |
University of North Carolina-Wilmington | 995 | 5% |
Western Carolina University | 713 | 3% |
Winston-Salem State University | 336 | 2% |
County | Number of Employees | Percent of Total State Employees |
Alamance | 213 | 0.3% |
Alexander | 434 | 0.6% |
Alleghany | 39 | 0.1% |
Anson | 488 | 0.6% |
Ashe | 83 | 0.1% |
Avery | 413 | 0.5% |
Beaufort | 243 | 0.3% |
Bertie | 364 | 0.5% |
Bladen | 234 | 0.3% |
Brunswick | 180 | 0.2% |
Buncombe | 1,863 | 2.5% |
Burke | 2,737 | 3.6% |
Cabarrus | 401 | 0.5% |
Caldwell | 237 | 0.3% |
Camden | 23 | 0.0% |
Carteret | 434 | 0.6% |
Caswell | 281 | 0.4% |
Catawba | 405 | 0.5% |
Chatham | 206 | 0.3% |
Cherokee | 103 | 0.1% |
Chowan | 97 | 0.1% |
Clay | 21 | 0.0% |
Cleveland | 278 | 0.4% |
Columbus | 795 | 1.0% |
Craven | 690 | 0.9% |
Cumberland | 1,005 | 1.3% |
Currituck | 68 | 0.1% |
Dare | 351 | 0.5% |
Davidson | 275 | 0.4% |
Davie | 58 | 0.1% |
Duplin | 114 | 0.2% |
Durham | 991 | 1.3% |
Edgecombe | 178 | 0.2% |
Forsyth | 1,225 | 1.6% |
Franklin | 208 | 0.3% |
Gaston | 251 | 0.3% |
Gates | 28 | 0.0% |
Graham | 23 | 0.0% |
Granville | 3,221 | 4.3% |
Greene | 883 | 1.2% |
Guilford | 2,522 | 3.3% |
Halifax | 401 | 0.5% |
Harnett | 366 | 0.5% |
Haywood | 166 | 0.2% |
Henderson | 239 | 0.3% |
Hertford | 124 | 0.2% |
Hoke | 108 | 0.1% |
Hyde | 207 | 0.3% |
Iredell | 308 | 0.4% |
Jackson | 931 | 1.2% |
Johnston | 415 | 0.5% |
Jones | 25 | 0.0% |
Lee | 176 | 0.2% |
Lenoir | 1,321 | 1.7% |
Lincoln | 160 | 0.2% |
Macon | 68 | 0.1% |
Madison | 69 | 0.1% |
Martin | 188 | 0.2% |
McDowell | 505 | 0.7% |
Mecklenburg | 2,339 | 3.1% |
Mitchell | 48 | 0.1% |
Montgomery | 270 | 0.4% |
Moore | 315 | 0.4% |
Nash | 858 | 1.1% |
New Hanover | 1,757 | 2.3% |
Northampton | 52 | 0.1% |
Onslow | 221 | 0.3% |
Orange | 6,641 | 8.8% |
Pamlico | 154 | 0.2% |
Pasquotank | 570 | 0.8% |
Pender | 293 | 0.4% |
Perquimans | 55 | 0.1% |
Person | 60 | 0.1% |
Pitt | 2,649 | 3.5% |
Polk | 40 | 0.1% |
Randolph | 584 | 0.8% |
Richmond | 338 | 0.4% |
Robeson | 895 | 1.2% |
Rockingham | 184 | 0.2% |
Rowan | 585 | 0.8% |
Rutherford | 190 | 0.3% |
Sampson | 397 | 0.5% |
Scotland | 573 | 0.8% |
Stanly | 482 | 0.6% |
Stokes | 93 | 0.1% |
Surry | 183 | 0.2% |
Swain | 42 | 0.1% |
Transylvania | 70 | 0.1% |
Tyrrell | 121 | 0.2% |
Union | 220 | 0.3% |
Vance | 129 | 0.2% |
Wake | 20,985 | 27.7% |
Warren | 239 | 0.3% |
Washington | 72 | 0.1% |
Watauga | 1,382 | 1.8% |
Wayne | 2,076 | 2.7% |
Wilkes | 340 | 0.4% |
Wilson | 688 | 0.9% |
Yadkin | 72 | 0.1% |
Yancey | 54 | 0.1% |