January 2016

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

* 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

30 0.035

20-29

9,109 10.66

30-40

16,775 19.63

40-50

23,594 27.61

50-60

25,982 30.4

60-70

9,510 11.13

70+

454 0.531

Employment Type (no Universities)

Employment Type
# of SPA Employees Percent

Full Time

63,200 98.67

Part Time

447 0.70

Time Limited

403 0.63

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Education

Education
# of SPA Employees
Percent

Less than 9th grade

90 0.11

Less than High School

1,742 2.04

High School +

33,548 39.21

Associate

9,167 10.71

Bachelor

22,283 26.05

Masters

7,051 8.24

JD, MD, PhD, Etc

1,361 1.59

Other

284 0.33

Unknown

10,027 11.72

Gender

Gender
# of SPA Employees Percent

Female

42,535 49.72

Male

43,011 50.28

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Job Categories (no Universities)

Job Categories
# of SPA Employees Percent

Administrative Support

6,271 10.04

Officials and Administrators

1,170 1.87

Paraprofessional

781 1.25

Professional

20,346 32.56

Protective Services

16,213 25.95

Service and Maintenance

2,695 4.31

Skilled Craft

6,923 11.08

Technical

8,086 12.94

Undefined

4 0.01

Ethnicity

Ethnicity
# of SPA Employees Percent

American Indian

924 1.47

Asian

979 1.56

Black

19,915 31.74

Hispanic

879 1.40

Multinational

143 0.23

Pacific

18 0.03

White

39,878 63.56

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Years of Service

Years of Service
# of SPA Employees Percent

Less than 2 years

13,539 16.03

2-4

12,335 14.60

5-9

17,876 21.16

10-14

14,194 16.80

15-19

11,098 13.14

20-29

13,562 16.06

30+

1,860 2.20

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Agencies

Agency
# of SPA Employees Percent

Board of Cosmetic Art Examiners

26 0.04

Community College System

153 0.24

Department of Administration

494 0.78

Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services

1,896 3.00

Department of Commerce

1,608 2.54

Department of Environmental Quality

1,559 2.46

Department of Health and Human Services

15,739 24.88

Department of Information Technology

516 0.82

Department of Insurance

400 0.63

Department of Justice

851 1.35

Department of Labor

335 0.53

Department of Military and Veteran Affairs

82 0.13

Department of Natural and Cultural Resources

1,639 2.59

Department of Public Instruction

780 1.23

Department of Public Safety

23,392 36.97

Department of Revenue

1,314 2.08

Department of State Treasurer

334 0.53

Department of Transportation

10,604 16.76

Department of the Secretary of State

178 0.28

NC Office of the Commissioner of Banks

88 0.14

North Carolina School of Science & Math

81 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

146 0.23

Office of the State Controller

163 0.26

State Board of Elections

57 0.09

State Ethics Commission

11 0.02

Wildlife Resource Commission

651 1.03

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Universities

University/School
# of SPA Employees % of Total State Emp.

Applachian State University

1,221 5.55

Elizabeth City State University

180 0.82

East Carolina University

2,197 9.98

Fayetteville State University

377 1.71

North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University

767 3.48

North Carolina Central University

564 2.56

North Carolina State University

4,086 18.56

University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

6,516 29.60

University of North Carolina-General Administration

293 1.33

University of North Carolina-Asheville

342 1.55

University of North Carolina-Charlotte

1,702 7.73

University of North Carolina-Greensboro

1,108 5.03

University of North Carolina-Pembroke

398 1.81

University of North Carolina-School of the Arts

236 1.07

University of North Carolina-Wilmington

950 4.31

Western Carolina University

690 3.13

Winston Salem State University

390 1.77

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Counties

County
# of SPA Employees Percent

Alamance

213 0.25

Alexander

552 0.65

Alleghany

43 0.05

Anson

856 1.01

Ashe

98 0.12

Avery

605 0.72

Beaufort

273 0.32

Bertie

457 0.54

Bladen

274 0.32

Brunswick

201 0.24

Buncombe

2,255 2.67

Burke

2,955 3.50

Cabarrus

444 0.53

Caldwell

261 0.31

Camden

19 0.02

Carteret

481 0.57

Caswell

364 0.43

Catawba

425 0.50

Chatham

211 0.25

Cherokee

124 0.15

Chowan

86 0.10

Clay

26 0.03

Cleveland

331 0.39

Columbus

931 1.10

Craven

710 0.84

Cumberland

1,130 1.34

Currituck

62 0.07

Dare

367 0.43

Davidson

277 0.33

Davie

58 0.07

Duplin

122 0.14

Durham

1,248 1.48

Edgecombe

214 0.25

Forsyth

1,369 1.62

Franklin

291 0.34

Gaston

300 0.36

Gates

29 0.03

Graham

25 0.03

Granville

3,960 4.69

Greene

927 1.10

Guilford

2,726 3.23

Halifax

519 0.61

Harnett

498 0.59

Haywood

154 0.18

Henderson

227 0.27

Hertford

158 0.19

Hoke

293 0.35

Hyde

252 0.30

Iredell

337 0.40

Jackson

926 1.10

Johnston

408 0.48

Jones

29 0.03

Lee

156 0.18

Lenoir

1,549 1.83

Lincoln

159 0.19

Macon

68 0.08

Madison

73 0.09

Martin

237 0.28

McDowell

547 0.65

Mecklenburg

2,590 3.06

Mitchell

42 0.05

Montgomery

369 0.44

Moore

299 0.35

Nash

505 0.60

New Hanover

1,735 2.05

Northampt

210 0.25

Onslow

227 0.27

Orange

6,820 8.07

Pamlico

217 0.26

Pasquotank

700 0.83

Pender

403 0.48

Perquimans

57 0.07

Person

75 0.09

Pitt

2,966 3.51

Polk

38 0.04

Randolph

577 0.68

Richmond

408 0.48

Robeson

979 1.16

Rockingham

176 0.21

Rowan

755 0.89

Rutherford

213 0.25

Sampson

502 0.59

Scotland

617 0.73

Stanly

594 0.70

Statewide

2 0

Stokes

98 0.12

Surry

200 0.24

Swain

57 0.07

Transylvania

58 0.07

Tyrrell

182 0.22

Union

237 0.28

Vance

151 0.18

Wake

23,108 27.34

Warren

375 0.44

Washington

78 0.09

Watauga

1,349 1.60

Wayne

2,368 2.80

Wilkes

376 0.44

Wilson

775 0.92

Yadkin

70 0.08

Yancey

58 0.07