October 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 9,324 10.91
30-39 16,728 19.57
40-49 23,329 27.29
50-59 25,823 30.21
60-69 9,770 11.43
70 or more 483 0.565

Employment Type (no Universities)

Employment Type
 Number (#) of SHRA Employees Percent (%) of Total State Employees
Full Time 62,288 98.78
Part Time 398 0.63
Time Limited 373 0.59

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Education

Education
Number (#) of SHRA Employees
 Percent (%) of Total State Employees
Less than 9th grade 80 0.09
Less than High School 1,785 2.09
High School + 32,477 37.94
Associate 9,184 10.73
Bachelor 22,715 26.53
Masters 7,503 8.76
JD, MD, PhD, Etc 1,472 1.72
Other 329 0.38
Unknown 10,062 11.75

Gender

Gender
 Number (#) of SHRA Employees Percent (%) of Total State Employees
Female 42,845 50.05
Male 42,755 49.95

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Job Categories (no Universities)

Job Categories
 Number (#) of SHRA Employees Percent (%) of Total State Employees
Administrative Support 10,826 12.85
Officials and Administrators 11,680 13.87
Paraprofessional 862 1.02
Professional 24,766 29.40
Protective Services 15,772 18.72
Service and Maintenance 4,513 5.36
Skilled Craft 7,393 8.78
Technical 8,410 9.98
Undefined 15 0.02

Ethnicity

Ethnicity
 Number (#) of SHRA Employees Percent (%) of Total State Employees
African American 25,301 29.55
Asian 1,803 2.11
Hispanic 1,587 1.85
Multinational 173 0.20
Native American 1,234 1.44
Pacific Islander 23 0.03
White 53,757 62.80
Ethnicity Not Given 1,729 2.02

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Years of Service

Years of Service
 Number (#) of SHRA Employees Percent (%) of Total State Employees
Less than 2 years 13,951 16.54
2-4 13,241 15.69
5-9 15,804 18.73
10-14 14,832 17.58
15-19 10,997 13.03
20-29 13,776 16.33
30+ 1,768 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 26 0.04
Community College System 178 0.28
Department of Administration 460 0.72
Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services 1,894 2.98
Department of Commerce 1,640 2.58
Department of Environmental Quality 1,483 2.34
Department of Health and Human Services 15,886 25.03
Department of Information Technology 591 0.93
Department of Insurance 401 0.63
Department of Justice 785 1.24
Department of Labor 344 0.54
Department of Military and Veteran Affairs 83 0.13
Department of Natural and Cultural Resources 1,744 2.75
Department of Public Instruction 1,057 1.67
Department of Public Safety 22,991 36.22
Department of Revenue 1,303 2.05
Department of State Treasurer 397 0.63
Department of Transportation 10,422 16.42
Department of the Secretary of State 171 0.27
NC Office of the Commissioner of Banks 96 0.15
North Carolina School of Science & Math 224 0.35
Office of Administrative Hearings 49 0.08
Office of State Budget and Management 55 0.09
Office of State Human Resources 79 0.12
Office of the State Auditor 139 0.22
Office of the State Controller 161 0.25
Psychology Board 5 0.01
State Board of Elections 51 0.08
State Ethics Commission 13 0.02
Wildlife Resource Commission 663 1.04

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Universities

University/School
 Number (#) of SHRA Employees Percent (%) of Total State Employees
Appalachian State University 1,216 5.56
Elizabeth City State University 169 0.77
East Carolina University 2,160 9.87
Fayetteville State University 384 1.76
North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University 816 3.73
North Carolina Central University 539 2.46
North Carolina State University 4,058 18.55
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill 6,381 29.17
University of North Carolina-General Administration 270 1.23
University of North Carolina-Asheville 343 1.57
University of North Carolina-Charlotte 1,725 7.89
University of North Carolina-Greensboro 1,103 5.04
University of North Carolina-Pembroke 398 1.82
University of North Carolina-School of the Arts 240 1.10
University of North Carolina-Wilmington 977 4.47
Western Carolina University 698 3.19
Winston-Salem State University 399 1.82

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Counties

County
 Number (#) of SHRA Employees Percent (%) of Total State Employees
Alamance 209 0.25
Alexander 489 0.58
Alleghany 46 0.05
Anson 654 0.77
Ashe 97 0.11
Avery 599 0.71
Beaufort 263 0.31
Bertie 433 0.51
Bladen 271 0.32
Brunswick 196 0.23
Buncombe 2,195 2.60
Burke 3,087 3.65
Cabarrus 477 0.56
Caldwell 267 0.32
Camden 20 0.02
Carteret 524 0.62
Caswell 354 0.42
Catawba 453 0.54
Chatham 215 0.25
Cherokee 125 0.15
Chowan 85 0.10
Clay 24 0.03
Cleveland 306 0.36
Columbus 894 1.06
Craven 691 0.82
Cumberland 1,131 1.34
Currituck 56 0.07
Dare 402 0.48
Davidson 271 0.32
Davie 58 0.07
Duplin 116 0.14
Durham 1,384 1.64
Edgecombe 259 0.31
Forsyth 1,390 1.64
Franklin 280 0.33
Gaston 298 0.35
Gates 28 0.03
Graham 25 0.03
Granville 3,826 4.52
Greene 888 1.05
Guilford 2,779 3.29
Halifax 499 0.59
Harnett 474 0.56
Haywood 154 0.18
Henderson 218 0.26
Hertford 148 0.18
Hoke 302 0.36
Hyde 234 0.28
Iredell 330 0.39
Jackson 938 1.11
Johnston 405 0.48
Jones 28 0.03
Lee 154 0.18
Lenoir 1,599 1.89
Lincoln 164 0.19
Macon 71 0.08
Madison 77 0.09
Martin 222 0.26
McDowell 540 0.64
Mecklenburg 2,615 3.09
Mitchell 40 0.05
Montgomery 369 0.44
Moore 313 0.37
Nash 505 0.60
New Hanover 1,929 2.28
Northampt 213 0.25
Onslow 226 0.27
Orange 6,672 7.89
Pamlico 210 0.25
Pasquotank 660 0.78
Pender 384 0.45
Perquimans 58 0.07
Person 72 0.09
Pitt 2,937 3.47
Polk 35 0.04
Randolph 564 0.67
Richmond 421 0.50
Robeson 966 1.14
Rockingham 175 0.21
Rowan 746 0.88
Rutherford 216 0.26
Sampson 483 0.57
Scotland 576 0.68
Stanly 599 0.71
Statewide 4 0.00
Stokes 93 0.11
Surry 195 0.23
Swain 48 0.06
Transylvania 60 0.07
Tyrrell 178 0.21
Union 233 0.28
Vance 141 0.17
Wake 23,433 27.71
Warren 352 0.42
Washington 67 0.08
Watauga 1,341 1.59
Wayne 2,348 2.78
Wilkes 379 0.45
Wilson 861 1.02
Yadkin 71 0.08
Yancey 57 0.07