October 2018
As of October 2018
* Statistics that list "Number of SHRA Employees" refers to employees covered by the State Human Resources Act (SHRA), cabinet agencies, and Council of State agencies.
Age | Number of Employees | Percent of Total State Employees |
Less than 20 | 34 | 0.0% |
20-29 | 9,011 | 11.1% |
30-39 | 15,830 | 19.5% |
40-49 | 21,655 | 26.7% |
50-59 | 24,012 | 29.6% |
60-69 | 9,772 | 12.1% |
70 or more | 691 | 0.9% |
Employment Type | Number of SHRA Employees | Percent of Total State Employees |
Full Time | 58,112 | 99% |
Part Time | 367 | 1% |
Time Limited | 355 | 1% |
Education | Number of Employees | Percent of Total State Employees |
Less than High School | 1,985 | 2% |
High School Graduate | 31,461 | 39% |
Associate | 8,767 | 11% |
Bachelor | 20,709 | 26% |
Advanced Degree | 8,614 | 11% |
Certifications | 296 | 0% |
Gender | Number of Employees | Percent of Total State Employees |
Female | 40,986 | 51% |
Male | 40,019 | 49% |
Job Categories | Number of SHRA Employees | Percent of Total State Employees |
Administrative Support | 6,523 | 11.1% |
Agricultural, Environmental & Scientific | 2,209 | 3.8% |
Corrections | 12,615 | 21.4% |
Education & Training | 583 | 1.0% |
Engineering | 2,879 | 4.9% |
Executive | 107 | 0.2% |
Financial & Business Management | 2,272 | 3.9% |
Human Resources | 595 | 1.0% |
Human Services | 3,390 | 5.8% |
Information Communication & Media | 334 | 0.6% |
Information Technology | 2,217 | 3.8% |
Institutional Support Services | 1,243 | 2.1% |
Law Enforcement & Public Safety | 3,096 | 5.3% |
Legal | 511 | 0.9% |
Medical & Health | 8,964 | 15.2% |
Natural, Historic & Cultural Resources | 764 | 1.3% |
Operations & Trades | 6,495 | 11.0% |
Planning & Economic Development | 438 | 0.7% |
Program Management | 2,728 | 4.6% |
Safety & Inspection | 870 | 1.5% |
Ethnicity | Number of Employees | Percent of Total State Employees |
African American | 24,369 | 30.1% |
Asian | 1,809 | 2.2% |
Hispanic | 1,601 | 2.0% |
Multinational | 211 | 0.3% |
Native American | 1,169 | 1.4% |
Pacific Islander | 36 | 0.0% |
White | 49,931 | 61.6% |
Ethnicity Not Given | 1,879 | 2.3% |
Years of Service | Number of Employees | Percent of Total State Employees |
Less than 2 years | 10,709 | 13% |
2 to 4 | 13,506 | 17% |
5 to 9 | 14,367 | 18% |
10 to 14 | 15,624 | 19% |
15 to 19 | 11,074 | 14% |
20 to 29 | 13,400 | 17% |
30+ | 2,325 | 3% |
Agency | Number of SHRA Employees | Percent of Total State Employees |
Administration | 450 | 0.8% |
Agriculture Consumer Services | 1,909 | 3.2% |
Commerce | 505 | 0.9% |
Commerce - DES & DWS | 1,136 | 1.9% |
Community Colleges | 158 | 0.3% |
Environmental Quality | 1,421 | 2.4% |
Health Human Services | 15,709 | 26.7% |
Information Technology | 564 | 1.0% |
Insurance | 402 | 0.7% |
Justice | 723 | 1.2% |
Labor | 341 | 0.6% |
Military and Veterans Affairs | 96 | 0.2% |
Natural and Cultural Resources | 1,715 | 2.9% |
Public Instruction | 871 | 1.5% |
Public Safety | 20,109 | 34.2% |
Revenue | 1,321 | 2.2% |
School of Science & Math | 78 | 0.1% |
Secretary of State | 177 | 0.3% |
State Auditor | 141 | 0.2% |
State Budget & Management | 51 | 0.1% |
State Controller | 160 | 0.3% |
State Human Resources | 83 | 0.1% |
State Treasurer | 342 | 0.6% |
Transportation | 9,773 | 16.6% |
Wildlife Resources Commission | 599 | 1.0% |
University/School | Number of Employees | Percent of Total State Employees |
Appalachian State University | 1,239 | 6% |
Elizabeth City State University | 154 | 1% |
East Carolina University | 2,198 | 10% |
Fayetteville State University | 394 | 2% |
North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University | 852 | 4% |
North Carolina Central University | 540 | 2% |
North Carolina State University | 4,066 | 18% |
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill | 6,471 | 29% |
University of North Carolina-General Administration | 273 | 1% |
University of North Carolina-Asheville | 329 | 1% |
University of North Carolina-Charlotte | 1,143 | 8% |
University of North Carolina-Greensboro | 273 | 5% |
University of North Carolina-Pembroke | 394 | 2% |
University of North Carolina-School of the Arts | 234 | 1% |
University of North Carolina-Wilmington | 1,006 | 5% |
Western Carolina University | 704 | 3% |
Winston-Salem State University | 415 | 2% |
County | Number of Employees | Percent of Total State Employees |
Alamance | 178 | 0.2% |
Alexander | 525 | 0.6% |
Alleghany | 44 | 0.1% |
Anson | 610 | 0.8% |
Ashe | 92 | 0.1% |
Avery | 569 | 0.7% |
Beaufort | 236 | 0.3% |
Bertie | 395 | 0.5% |
Bladen | 263 | 0.3% |
Brunswick | 171 | 0.2% |
Buncombe | 2,095 | 2.6% |
Burke | 2,974 | 3.7% |
Cabarrus | 418 | 0.5% |
Caldwell | 249 | 0.3% |
Camden | 22 | 0.0% |
Carteret | 456 | 0.6% |
Caswell | 311 | 0.4% |
Catawba | 417 | 0.5% |
Chatham | 214 | 0.3% |
Cherokee | 112 | 0.1% |
Chowan | 82 | 0.1% |
Clay | 22 | 0.0% |
Cleveland | 264 | 0.3% |
Columbus | 850 | 1.0% |
Craven | 662 | 0.8% |
Cumberland | 1,085 | 1.3% |
Currituck | 51 | 0.1% |
Dare | 362 | 0.4% |
Davidson | 239 | 0.3% |
Davie | 49 | 0.1% |
Duplin | 99 | 0.1% |
Durham | 1,155 | 1.4% |
Edgecombe | 236 | 0.3% |
Forsyth | 1,308 | 1.6% |
Franklin | 256 | 0.3% |
Gaston | 245 | 0.3% |
Gates | 23 | 0.0% |
Graham | 22 | 0.0% |
Granville | 3,836 | 4.7% |
Greene | 878 | 1.1% |
Guilford | 2,738 | 3.4% |
Halifax | 489 | 0.6% |
Harnett | 455 | 0.6% |
Haywood | 139 | 0.2% |
Henderson | 201 | 0.2% |
Hertford | 127 | 0.2% |
Hoke | 291 | 0.4% |
Hyde | 223 | 0.3% |
Iredell | 301 | 0.4% |
Jackson | 937 | 1.2% |
Johnston | 377 | 0.5% |
Jones | 24 | 0.0% |
Lee | 162 | 0.2% |
Lenoir | 1,567 | 1.9% |
Lincoln | 145 | 0.2% |
Macon | 63 | 0.1% |
Madison | 70 | 0.1% |
Martin | 212 | 0.3% |
McDowell | 531 | 0.7% |
Mecklenburg | 2,503 | 3.1% |
Mitchell | 37 | 0.0% |
Montgomery | 328 | 0.4% |
Moore | 272 | 0.3% |
Nash | 480 | 0.6% |
New Hanover | 1,735 | 2.1% |
Northampton | 194 | 0.2% |
Onslow | 204 | 0.3% |
Orange | 6,749 | 8.3% |
Pamlico | 194 | 0.2% |
Pasquotank | 657 | 0.8% |
Pender | 365 | 0.5% |
Perquimans | 53 | 0.1% |
Person | 61 | 0.1% |
Pitt | 2,911 | 3.6% |
Polk | 37 | 0.0% |
Randolph | 535 | 0.7% |
Richmond | 378 | 0.5% |
Robeson | 923 | 1.1% |
Rockingham | 144 | 0.2% |
Rowan | 655 | 0.8% |
Rutherford | 192 | 0.2% |
Sampson | 460 | 0.6% |
Scotland | 585 | 0.7% |
Stanly | 577 | 0.7% |
Stokes | 85 | 0.1% |
Surry | 172 | 0.2% |
Swain | 42 | 0.1% |
Transylvania | 58 | 0.1% |
Tyrrell | 174 | 0.2% |
Union | 212 | 0.3% |
Vance | 133 | 0.2% |
Wake | 22,464 | 27.7% |
Warren | 312 | 0.4% |
Washington | 66 | 0.1% |
Watauga | 1,355 | 1.7% |
Wayne | 2,292 | 2.8% |
Wilkes | 346 | 0.4% |
Wilson | 789 | 1.0% |
Yadkin | 62 | 0.1% |
Yancey | 55 | 0.1% |