January 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	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