November 2016

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

* All statistics include State Human Resources Act (SHRA) employees, cabinet agencies, Council of State agencies, and universities, unless otherwise noted.

Age (SHRA employees only)

Age
 Number (#) of SHRA Employees Percent (%) of Total State Employees
Less than 20 31 0.036
20-29 9,469 11.04
30-39 16,760 19.55
40-49 23,310 27.19
50-59 25,827 30.12
60-69 9,846 11.48
70 or more 492 0.574

Employment Type (no Universities)

Employment Type
 Number (#) of SHRA Employees Percent (%) of Total State Employees
Full Time 62,414 98.79
Part Time 393 0.62
Time Limited 372 0.59

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Education

Education
Number (#) of SHRA Employees
 Percent (%) of Total State Employees
Less than 9th grade 79 0.09
Less than High School 1,806 2.10
High School + 32,534 37.89
Associate 9,229 10.75
Bachelor 22,806 26.56
Masters 7,558 8.80
JD, MD, PhD, Etc 1,479 1.72
Other 333 0.39
Unknown 10,033 11.69

Gender

Gender
 Number (#) of SHRA Employees Percent (%) of Total State Employees
Female 42,977 50.06
Male 42,873 49.94

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Job Categories (no Universities)

Job Categories
 Number (#) of SHRA Employees Percent (%) of Total State Employees
Administrative Support 10,798 12.82
Officials and Administrators 11,674 13.86
Paraprofessional 867 1.03
Professional 24,863 29.52
Protective Services 15,813 18.77
Service and Maintenance 4,418 5.25
Skilled Craft 7,353 8.73
Technical 8,422 10.00
Undefined 16 0.02

Ethnicity

Ethnicity
 Number (#) of SHRA Employees Percent (%) of Total State Employees
African American 25,411 29.60
Asian 1,818 2.12
Hispanic 1,610 1.88
Multinational 176 0.20
Native American 1,234 1.44
Pacific Islander 23 0.03
White 53,817 62.68
Ethnicity Not Given 1,768 2.06

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Years of Service

Years of Service
 Number (#) of SHRA Employees Percent (%) of Total State Employees
Less than 2 years 14,179 16.75
2-4 13,361 15.78
5-9 15,671 18.51
10-14 14,863 17.55
15-19 11,044 13.04
20-29 13,771 16.26
30+ 1,779 2.10

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Agencies

Agency
 Number (#) of SHRA Employees Percent (%) of Total State Employees
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 181 0.28
Department of Administration 454 0.71
Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services 1,901 2.99
Department of Commerce 1,652 2.60
Department of Environmental Quality 1,481 2.33
Department of Health and Human Services 15,954 25.09
Department of Information Technology 590 0.93
Department of Insurance 399 0.63
Department of Justice 790 1.24
Department of Labor 348 0.55
Department of Military and Veteran Affairs 83 0.13
Department of Natural and Cultural Resources 1,750 2.75
Department of Public Instruction 1,057 1.66
Department of Public Safety 23,033 36.22
Department of Revenue 1,304 2.05
Department of State Treasurer 398 0.63
Department of Transportation 10,409 16.37
Department of the Secretary of State 168 0.26
NC Office of the Commissioner of Banks 95 0.15
North Carolina School of Science & Math 221 0.35
Office of Administrative Hearings 49 0.08
Office of State Budget and Management 54 0.08
Office of State Human Resources 80 0.13
Office of the State Auditor 140 0.22
Office of the State Controller 160 0.25
Psychology Board 4 0.01
State Board of Elections 51 0.08
State Ethics Commission 13 0.02
Wildlife Resource Commission 664 1.04

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Universities

University/School
 Number (#) of SHRA Employees Percent (%) of Total State Employees
Appalachian State University 1,228 5.58
Elizabeth City State University 170 0.77
East Carolina University 2,170 9.86
Fayetteville State University 388 1.76
North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University 818 3.72
North Carolina Central University 535 2.43
North Carolina State University 4,079 18.54
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill 6,417 29.16
University of North Carolina-General Administration 274 1.25
University of North Carolina-Asheville 341 1.55
University of North Carolina-Charlotte 1,741 7.91
University of North Carolina-Greensboro 1,109 5.04
University of North Carolina-Pembroke 397 1.80
University of North Carolina-School of the Arts 240 1.09
University of North Carolina-Wilmington 986 4.48
Western Carolina University 707 3.21
Winston-Salem State University 407 1.85

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Counties

County
 Number (#) of SHRA Employees Percent (%) of Total State Employees
Alamance 215 0.25
Alexander 499 0.59
Alleghany 45 0.05
Anson 652 0.77
Ashe 97 0.11
Avery 596 0.70
Beaufort 263 0.31
Bertie 437 0.52
Bladen 267 0.31
Brunswick 198 0.23
Buncombe 2,202 2.60
Burke 3,098 3.65
Cabarrus 484 0.57
Caldwell 270 0.32
Camden 20 0.02
Carteret 524 0.62
Caswell 351 0.41
Catawba 453 0.53
Chatham 214 0.25
Cherokee 124 0.15
Chowan 84 0.10
Clay 23 0.03
Cleveland 303 0.36
Columbus 897 1.06
Craven 686 0.81
Cumberland 1,141 1.35
Currituck 58 0.07
Dare 404 0.48
Davidson 273 0.32
Davie 59 0.07
Duplin 115 0.14
Durham 1,374 1.62
Edgecombe 259 0.31
Forsyth 1,404 1.66
Franklin 284 0.33
Gaston 292 0.34
Gates 28 0.03
Graham 25 0.03
Granville 3,845 4.53
Greene 882 1.04
Guilford 2,786 3.29
Halifax 505 0.60
Harnett 480 0.57
Haywood 156 0.18
Henderson 219 0.26
Hertford 144 0.17
Hoke 297 0.35
Hyde 234 0.28
Iredell 333 0.39
Jackson 946 1.12
Johnston 409 0.48
Jones 28 0.03
Lee 156 0.18
Lenoir 1,610 1.90
Lincoln 167 0.20
Macon 74 0.09
Madison 77 0.09
Martin 224 0.26
McDowell 536 0.63
Mecklenburg 2,633 3.10
Mitchell 41 0.05
Montgomery 364 0.43
Moore 317 0.37
Nash 502 0.59
New Hanover 1,945 2.29
Northampt 210 0.25
Onslow 228 0.27
Orange 6,713 7.92
Pamlico 218 0.26
Pasquotank 664 0.78
Pender 382 0.45
Perquimans 58 0.07
Person 73 0.09
Pitt 2,950 3.48
Polk 36 0.04
Randolph 561 0.66
Richmond 416 0.49
Robeson 969 1.14
Rockingham 173 0.20
Rowan 746 0.88
Rutherford 219 0.26
Sampson 488 0.58
Scotland 585 0.69
Stanly 594 0.70
Statewide 4 0.00
Stokes 92 0.11
Surry 195 0.23
Swain 46 0.05
Transylvania 59 0.07
Tyrrell 179 0.21
Union 237 0.28
Vance 144 0.17
Wake 23,412 27.61
Warren 367 0.43
Washington 68 0.08
Watauga 1,352 1.59
Wayne 2,373 2.80
Wilkes 372 0.44
Wilson 867 1.02
Yadkin 69 0.08
Yancey 60 0.07