February 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	32	0.038
20-29	9,127	10.71
30-40	16,731	19.63
40-50	23,522	27.6
50-60	25,886	30.37
60-70	9,477	11.12
70+	450	0.528

Employment Type (no Universities)

Employment Type	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Full Time	63,099	98.69
Part Time	438	0.69
Time Limited	399	0.62

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Education

Education	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Less than 9th grade	89	0.10
Less than High School	1,731	2.03
High School +	33,425	39.17
Associate	9,164	10.74
Bachelor	22,297	26.13
Masters	7,082	8.30
JD, MD, PhD, Etc	1,367	1.60
Other	284	0.33
Unknown	9,884	11.58

Gender

Gender	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Female	42,421	49.72
Male	42,895	50.28

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Job Categories (no Universities)

Job Categories	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Administrative Support	6,251	10.02
Officials and Administrators	1,176	1.89
Paraprofessional	774	1.24
Professional	20,324	32.58
Protective Services	16,148	25.89
Service and Maintenance	2,686	4.31
Skilled Craft	6,903	11.07
Technical	8,107	13
Undefined	4	0.01

Ethnicity

Ethnicity	# of SPA Employees	Percent
American Indian	926	1.48
Asian	982	1.57
Black	19,901	31.78
Hispanic	885	1.41
Multinational	148	0.24
Pacific	18	0.03
White	39,759	63.49

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Years of Service

Years of Service	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Less than 2 years	13,581	16.11
2-4	12,450	14.77
5-9	17,674	20.96
10-14	14,169	16.81
15-19	11,089	13.15
20-29	13,520	16.04
30+	1,824	2.16

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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	1,890	2.99
Department of Commerce	1,599	2.53
Department of Environmental Quality	1,562	2.47
Department of Health and Human Services	15,740	24.92
Department of Information Technology	516	0.82
Department of Insurance	398	0.63
Department of Justice	849	1.34
Department of Labor	335	0.53
Department of Military and Veteran Affairs	82	0.13
Department of Natural and Cultural Resources	1,634	2.59
Department of Public Instruction	778	1.23
Department of Public Safety	23,336	36.95
Department of Revenue	1,310	2.07
Department of State Treasurer	335	0.53
Department of Transportation	10,570	16.74
Department of the Secretary of State	177	0.28
NC Office of the Commissioner of Banks	87	0.14
North Carolina School of Science & Math	83	0.13
Office of Administrative Hearings	46	0.07
Office of State Budget and Management	47	0.07
Office of State Human Resources	81	0.13
Office of the State Auditor	144	0.23
Office of the State Controller	161	0.25
State Board of Elections	56	0.09
State Ethics Commission	11	0.02
Wildlife Resource Commission	654	1.04

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Universities

University/School	# of SPA Employees	% of Total State Emp.
Applachian State University	1,206	5.51
Elizabeth City State University	183	0.84
East Carolina University	2,202	10.05
Fayetteville State University	378	1.73
North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University	767	3.50
North Carolina Central University	560	2.56
North Carolina State University	4,069	18.58
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill	6,470	29.54
University of North Carolina-General Administration	291	1.33
University of North Carolina-Asheville	339	1.55
University of North Carolina-Charlotte	1,696	7.74
University of North Carolina-Greensboro	1,100	5.02
University of North Carolina-Pembroke	400	1.83
University of North Carolina-School of the Arts	233	1.06
University of North Carolina-Wilmington	950	4.34
Western Carolina University	675	3.08
Winston Salem State University	386	1.76

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Counties

County	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Alamance	213	0.25
Alexander	547	0.65
Alleghany	43	0.05
Anson	838	0.99
Ashe	98	0.12
Avery	600	0.71
Beaufort	273	0.32
Bertie	457	0.54
Bladen	274	0.33
Brunswick	199	0.24
Buncombe	2,248	2.67
Burke	2,940	3.49
Cabarrus	437	0.52
Caldwell	267	0.32
Camden	19	0.02
Carteret	482	0.57
Caswell	366	0.43
Catawba	425	0.50
Chatham	213	0.25
Cherokee	125	0.15
Chowan	86	0.10
Clay	27	0.03
Cleveland	333	0.40
Columbus	934	1.11
Craven	704	0.84
Cumberland	1,134	1.35
Currituck	62	0.07
Dare	366	0.43
Davidson	274	0.33
Davie	58	0.07
Duplin	122	0.14
Durham	1,254	1.49
Edgecombe	218	0.26
Forsyth	1,358	1.61
Franklin	288	0.34
Gaston	297	0.35
Gates	29	0.03
Graham	26	0.03
Granville	3,960	4.70
Greene	920	1.09
Guilford	2,720	3.23
Halifax	520	0.62
Harnett	489	0.58
Haywood	151	0.18
Henderson	227	0.27
Hertford	155	0.18
Hoke	296	0.35
Hyde	254	0.30
Iredell	338	0.40
Jackson	912	1.08
Johnston	409	0.49
Jones	29	0.03
Lee	159	0.19
Lenoir	1,562	1.85
Lincoln	156	0.19
Macon	68	0.08
Madison	75	0.09
Martin	237	0.28
McDowell	540	0.64
Mecklenburg	2,577	3.06
Mitchell	42	0.05
Montgomery	368	0.44
Moore	301	0.36
Nash	506	0.60
New Hanover	1,729	2.05
Northampt	210	0.25
Onslow	227	0.27
Orange	6,770	8.03
Pamlico	219	0.26
Pasquotank	698	0.83
Pender	402	0.48
Perquimans	57	0.07
Person	75	0.09
Pitt	2,978	3.53
Polk	38	0.05
Randolph	571	0.68
Richmond	403	0.48
Robeson	983	1.17
Rockingham	180	0.21
Rowan	756	0.90
Rutherford	218	0.26
Sampson	498	0.59
Scotland	608	0.72
Stanly	594	0.70
Statewide	3	0
Stokes	99	0.12
Surry	196	0.23
Swain	54	0.06
Transylvania	57	0.07
Tyrrell	183	0.22
Union	237	0.28
Vance	150	0.18
Wake	23,053	27.35
Warren	381	0.45
Washington	77	0.09
Watauga	1,335	1.58
Wayne	2,362	2.80
Wilkes	372	0.44
Wilson	771	0.91
Yadkin	70	0.08
Yancey	59	0.07