April 2016

* 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	38	0.045
20-29	9,067	10.65
30-40	16,697	19.61
40-50	23,453	27.55
50-60	25,876	30.40
60-70	9,543	11.21
70+	450	0.529

Employment Type (no Universities)

Employment Type	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Full Time	62,896	98.70
Part Time	426	0.67
Time Limited	405	0.64

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Education

Education	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Less than 9th grade	87	0.10
Less than High School	1,741	2.04
High School +	33,168	38.92
Associate	9,176	10.77
Bachelor	22,380	26.26
Masters	7,081	8.31
JD, MD, PhD, Etc	1,376	1.61
Other	299	0.35
Unknown	9,913	11.63

Gender

Gender	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Female	42,432	49.79
Male	42,782	50.21

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Job Categories (no Universities)

Job Categories	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Administrative Support	6,256	10.07
Officials and Administrators	1,176	1.89
Paraprofessional	729	1.17
Professional	20,321	32.71
Protective Services	15,946	25.66
Service and Maintenance	2,697	4.34
Skilled Craft	6,902	11.11
Technical	8,103	13.04
Undefined	4	0.01

Ethnicity

Ethnicity	# of SPA Employees	Percent
American Indian	919	1.47
Asian	990	1.59
Black	19,828	31.78
Hispanic	891	1.43
Multinational	155	0.25
Pacific	19	0.03
White	39,582	63.45

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Years of Service

Years of Service	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Less than 2 years	13,717	16.29
2-4	12,492	14.83
5-9	17,250	20.49
10-14	14,237	16.91
15-19	11,113	13.20
20-29	13,596	16.15
30+	1,802	2.14

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Agencies

Agency	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Board of Cosmetic Art Examiners	26	0.04
Community College System	154	0.24
Department of Administration	492	0.78
Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services	1,896	3.01
Department of Commerce	1,594	2.53
Department of Environmental Quality	1,565	2.49
Department of Health and Human Services	15,698	24.95
Department of Information Technology	511	0.81
Department of Insurance	398	0.63
Department of Justice	857	1.36
Department of Labor	329	0.52
Department of Military and Veteran Affairs	87	0.14
Department of Natural and Cultural Resources	1,624	2.58
Department of Public Instruction	773	1.23
Department of Public Safety	23,157	36.80
Department of Revenue	1,310	2.08
Department of State Treasurer	343	0.55
Department of Transportation	10,550	16.77
Department of the Secretary of State	177	0.28
NC Office of the Commissioner of Banks	88	0.14
North Carolina School of Science & Math	83	0.13
Office of Administrative Hearings	48	0.08
Office of State Budget and Management	45	0.07
Office of State Human Resources	80	0.13
Office of the State Auditor	145	0.23
Office of the State Controller	165	0.26
State Board of Elections	56	0.09
State Ethics Commission	13	0.02
Wildlife Resource Commission	661	1.05

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Universities

University/School	# of SPA Employees	% of Total State Emp.
Applachian State University	1,211	5.50
Elizabeth City State University	183	0.83
East Carolina University	2,205	10.01
Fayetteville State University	380	1.72
North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University	819	3.72
North Carolina Central University	551	2.50
North Carolina State University	4,074	18.49
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill	6,511	29.55
University of North Carolina-General Administration	287	1.30
University of North Carolina-Asheville	340	1.54
University of North Carolina-Charlotte	1,685	7.65
University of North Carolina-Greensboro	1,099	4.99
University of North Carolina-Pembroke	406	1.84
University of North Carolina-School of the Arts	237	1.08
University of North Carolina-Wilmington	964	4.38
Western Carolina University	691	3.14
Winston Salem State University	391	1.77

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Counties

County	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Alamance	214	0.25
Alexander	527	0.63
Alleghany	44	0.05
Anson	803	0.95
Ashe	98	0.12
Avery	599	0.71
Beaufort	270	0.32
Bertie	454	0.54
Bladen	277	0.33
Brunswick	195	0.23
Buncombe	2,233	2.65
Burke	2,935	3.49
Cabarrus	434	0.52
Caldwell	267	0.32
Camden	20	0.02
Carteret	481	0.57
Caswell	371	0.44
Catawba	432	0.51
Chatham	209	0.25
Cherokee	123	0.15
Chowan	88	0.10
Clay	28	0.03
Cleveland	327	0.39
Columbus	919	1.09
Craven	699	0.83
Cumberland	1,138	1.35
Currituck	61	0.07
Dare	366	0.43
Davidson	268	0.32
Davie	55	0.07
Duplin	119	0.14
Durham	1,233	1.46
Edgecombe	220	0.26
Forsyth	1,371	1.63
Franklin	281	0.33
Gaston	295	0.35
Gates	29	0.03
Graham	27	0.03
Granville	3,883	4.61
Greene	909	1.08
Guilford	2,774	3.30
Halifax	513	0.61
Harnett	481	0.57
Haywood	151	0.18
Henderson	225	0.27
Hertford	156	0.19
Hoke	305	0.36
Hyde	250	0.30
Iredell	342	0.41
Jackson	930	1.10
Johnston	405	0.48
Jones	28	0.03
Lee	158	0.19
Lenoir	1,583	1.88
Lincoln	159	0.19
Macon	69	0.08
Madison	75	0.09
Martin	232	0.28
McDowell	531	0.63
Mecklenburg	2,573	3.06
Mitchell	42	0.05
Montgomery	354	0.42
Moore	306	0.36
Nash	516	0.61
New Hanover	1,742	2.07
Northampt	207	0.25
Onslow	226	0.27
Orange	6,804	8.08
Pamlico	217	0.26
Pasquotank	683	0.81
Pender	402	0.48
Perquimans	56	0.07
Person	73	0.09
Pitt	2,989	3.55
Polk	35	0.04
Randolph	575	0.68
Richmond	401	0.48
Robeson	981	1.17
Rockingham	179	0.21
Rowan	758	0.90
Rutherford	218	0.26
Sampson	495	0.59
Scotland	599	0.71
Stanly	589	0.70
Statewide	3	0
Stokes	96	0.11
Surry	195	0.23
Swain	50	0.06
Transylvania	55	0.07
Tyrrell	187	0.22
Union	235	0.28
Vance	149	0.18
Wake	23,099	27.44
Warren	372	0.44
Washington	73	0.09
Watauga	1,336	1.59
Wayne	2,357	2.80
Wilkes	374	0.44
Wilson	769	0.91
Yadkin	69	0.08
Yancey	59	0.07