December 2015

* 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	27	0.032
20-29	9,069	10.58
30-40	16,787	19.59
40-50	23,651	27.6
50-60	26,082	30.44
60-70	9,598	11.2
70+	465	0.543

Employment Type (no Universities)

Employment Type	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Full Time	63,448	98.67
Part Time	451	0.70
Time Limited	401	0.62

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Education

Education	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Less than 9th grade	91	0.11
Less than High School	1,743	2.03
High School +	33,689	39.27
Associate	9,205	10.73
Bachelor	22,371	26.08
Masters	7,050	8.22
JD, MD, PhD, Etc	1,365	1.59
Other	285	0.33
Unknown	9,981	11.64

Gender

Gender	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Female	42,649	49.72
Male	43,124	50.28

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Job Categories (no Universities)

Job Categories	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Administrative Support	6,290	10.02
Officials and Administrators	1,269	2.02
Paraprofessional	782	1.25
Professional	20,439	32.57
Protective Services	16,188	25.80
Service and Maintenance	2,711	4.32
Skilled Craft	6,939	11.06
Technical	8,124	12.95
Undefined	3	0.00

Ethnicity

Ethnicity	# of SPA Employees	Percent
American Indian	930	1.48
Asian	977	1.55
Black	19,948	31.67
Hispanic	879	1.40
Multinational	142	0.23
Pacific	19	0.03
White	40,098	63.65

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Years of Service

Years of Service	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Less than 2 years	13,471	15.88
2-4	12,419	14.64
5-9	18,029	21.26
10-14	14,191	16.73
15-19	11,145	13.14
20-29	13,628	16.07
30+	1,928	2.27

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Agencies

Agency	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Board of Cosmetic Art Examiners	26	0.04
Community College System	158	0.25
Department of Administration	499	0.79
Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services	1,918	3.02
Department of Commerce	1,612	2.55
Department of Environmental Quality	1,568	2.47
Department of Health and Human Services	15,786	24.85
Department of Information Technology	519	0.82
Department of Insurance	405	0.64
Department of Justice	850	1.34
Department of Labor	336	0.53
Department of Military and Veteran Affairs	82	0.13
Department of Natural and Cultural Resources	1,646	2.59
Department of Public Instruction	779	1.23
Department of Public Safety	23,444	36.91
Department of Revenue	1,311	2.06
Department of State Treasurer	337	0.53
Department of Transportation	10,685	16.82
Department of the Secretary of State	180	0.28
NC Office of the Commissioner of Banks	88	0.14
North Carolina School of Science & Math	82	0.13
Office of Administrative Hearings	45	0.07
Office of State Budget and Management	44	0.07
Office of State Human Resources	82	0.13
Office of the State Auditor	146	0.23
Office of the State Controller	161	0.25
State Board of Elections	58	0.09
State Ethics Commission	11	0.02
Wildlife Resource Commission	653	1.03

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Universities

University/School	# of SPA Employees	% of Total State Emp.
Applachian State University	1,219	5.54
Elizabeth City State University	180	0.82
East Carolina University	2,187	9.94
Fayetteville State University	375	1.70
North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University	783	3.56
North Carolina Central University	569	2.59
North Carolina State University	4,069	18.50
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill	6,516	29.63
University of North Carolina-General Administration	293	1.33
University of North Carolina-Asheville	333	1.51
University of North Carolina-Charlotte	1,709	7.77
University of North Carolina-Greensboro	1,099	5.00
University of North Carolina-Pembroke	400	1.82
University of North Carolina-School of the Arts	234	1.06
University of North Carolina-Wilmington	952	4.33
Western Carolina University	691	3.14
Winston Salem State University	384	1.75

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Counties

County	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Alamance	216	0.25
Alexander	563	0.66
Alleghany	44	0.05
Anson	859	1.01
Ashe	99	0.12
Avery	608	0.62
Beaufort	276	0.33
Bertie	440	0.52
Bladen	275	0.32
Brunswick	201	0.24
Buncombe	2,260	2.67
Burke	2,957	3.49
Cabarrus	447	0.53
Caldwell	258	0.30
Camden	18	0.02
Carteret	483	0.57
Caswell	360	0.42
Catawba	425	0.50
Chatham	213	0.25
Cherokee	128	0.15
Chowan	89	0.11
Clay	27	0.03
Cleveland	332	0.39
Columbus	910	1.07
Craven	715	0.84
Cumberland	1,127	1.33
Currituck	66	0.08
Dare	369	0.44
Davidson	277	0.33
Davie	57	0.07
Duplin	123	0.15
Durham	1,252	1.48
Edgecombe	210	0.25
Forsyth	1,352	1.60
Franklin	291	0.34
Gaston	303	0.36
Gates	29	0.03
Graham	25	0.03
Granville	3,969	4.68
Greene	914	1.08
Guilford	2,735	3.23
Halifax	525	0.62
Harnett	500	0.59
Haywood	154	0.18
Henderson	230	0.27
Hertford	158	0.19
Hoke	288	0.34
Hyde	258	0.30
Iredell	342	0.40
Jackson	931	1.10
Johnston	416	0.49
Jones	30	0.04
Lee	155	0.18
Lenoir	1,549	1.83
Lincoln	160	0.19
Macon	65	0.08
Madison	73	0.09
Martin	234	0.28
McDowell	549	0.65
Mecklenburg	2,596	3.06
Mitchell	42	0.05
Montgomery	367	0.43
Moore	306	0.36
Nash	506	0.60
New Hanover	1,745	2.06
Northampt	214	0.25
Onslow	227	0.27
Orange	6,820	8.05
Pamlico	218	0.26
Pasquotank	699	0.82
Pender	403	0.48
Perquimans	58	0.07
Person	75	0.09
Pitt	2,960	3.49
Polk	36	0.04
Randolph	580	0.68
Richmond	409	0.48
Robeson	991	1.17
Rockingham	176	0.21
Rowan	756	0.89
Rutherford	216	0.25
Sampson	497	0.59
Scotland	626	0.74
Stanly	601	0.71
Statewide	2	0
Stokes	99	0.12
Surry	203	0.24
Swain	56	0.07
Transylvania	59	0.07
Tyrrell	185	0.22
Union	235	0.28
Vance	152	0.18
Wake	23,223	27.41
Warren	375	0.44
Washington	77	0.09
Watauga	1,348	1.59
Wayne	2,383	2.81
Wilkes	383	0.45
Wilson	784	0.93
Yadkin	71	0.08
Yancey	59	0.07