July 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	34	0.04
20-29	9,246	10.75
30-40	16,845	19.59
40-50	23.550	27.39
50-60	26,126	30.38
60-70	9,713	11.30
70+	475	0.552

Employment Type (no Universities)

Employment Type	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Full Time	62,527	98.72
Part Time	406	0.64
Time Limited	406	0.64

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Education

Education	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Less than 9th grade	83	0.10
Less than High School	1,784	2.07
High School +	33,849	38.15
Associate	9,228	10.72
Bachelor	22,757	26.43
Masters	7,500	8.71
JD, MD, PhD, Etc	1,461	1.70
Other	316	0.37
Unknown	10,121	11.76

Gender

Gender	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Female	42,962	49.90
Male	43,130	50.10

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Job Categories (no Universities)

Job Categories	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Administrative Support	10,839	12.77
Officials and Administrators	11,732	13.82
Paraprofessional	852	1.00
Professional	24,877	29.30
Protective Services	15,915	18.74
Service and Maintenance	4,752	5.60
Skilled Craft	7,454	8.78
Technical	8,477	9.98
Undefined	10	0.01

Ethnicity

Ethnicity	# of SPA Employees	Percent
African American	25,416	29.52
Asian	1,805	2.10
Hispanic	1,572	1.83
Multinational	169	0.20
Native American	1,247	1.45
Pacific Islander	18	0.02
White	54,192	62.94
Ethnicity Not Given	1,680	1.95

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Years of Service

Years of Service	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Less than 2 years	14,035	16.50
2-4	13,001	15.28
5-9	16,614	19.53
10-14	14,644	17.21
15-19	11,083	13.03
20-29	13,853	16.28
30+	1,840	2.16

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Agencies

Agency	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Administrative Office of the Courts	3	0.00
Auctioneer Licensing Board	2	0.00
Board of Barber Examiners	5	0.01
Board of Cosmetic Art Examiners	27	0.04
Community College System	180	0.28
Department of Administration	474	0.74
Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services	1,896	2.97
Department of Commerce	1,629	2.56
Department of Environmental Quality	1,562	2.45
Department of Health and Human Services	15,836	24.84
Department of Information Technology	524	0.82
Department of Insurance	401	0.63
Department of Justice	851	1.33
Department of Labor	331	0.52
Department of Military and Veteran Affairs	83	0.13
Department of Natural and Cultural Resources	1,728	2.71
Department of Public Instruction	1,063	1.67
Department of Public Safety	23,003	36.08
Department of Revenue	1,327	2.08
Department of State Treasurer	389	0.61
Department of Transportation	10,680	16.75
Department of the Secretary of State	172	0.27
NC Office of the Commissioner of Banks	94	0.15
North Carolina School of Science & Math	217	0.34
Office of Administrative Hearings	48	0.08
Office of State Budget and Management	49	0.08
Office of State Human Resources	76	0.12
Office of the State Auditor	133	0.21
Office of the State Controller	160	0.25
Psychology Board	5	0.01
State Board of Elections	54	0.08
State Ethics Commission	13	0.02
Wildlife Resource Commission	664	1.04

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Universities

University/School	# of SPA Employees	% of Total State Emp.
Appalachian State University	1,190	5.39
Elizabeth City State University	178	0.81
East Carolina University	2,183	9.88
Fayetteville State University	383	1.73
North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University	822	3.72
North Carolina Central University	548	2.48
North Carolina State University	4,095	18.54
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill	6,530	29.57
University of North Carolina-General Administration	282	1.28
University of North Carolina-Asheville	342	1.55
University of North Carolina-Charlotte	1,719	7.78
University of North Carolina-Greensboro	1,114	5.04
University of North Carolina-Pembroke	402	1.82
University of North Carolina-School of the Arts	241	1.09
University of North Carolina-Wilmington	973	4.41
Western Carolina University	695	3.15
Winston-Salem State University	389	1.76

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Counties

County	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Alamance	215	0.25
Alexander	503	0.59
Alleghany	44	0.05
Anson	763	0.90
Ashe	97	0.11
Avery	595	0.70
Beaufort	264	0.31
Bertie	431	0.51
Bladen	272	0.32
Brunswick	196	0.23
Buncombe	2,233	2.63
Burke	3,084	3.63
Cabarrus	477	0.56
Caldwell	259	0.30
Camden	21	0.02
Carteret	533	0.63
Caswell	370	0.44
Catawba	454	0.53
Chatham	213	0.25
Cherokee	120	0.14
Chowan	88	0.10
Clay	26	0.03
Cleveland	309	0.36
Columbus	902	1.06
Craven	686	0.81
Cumberland	1,147	1.35
Currituck	58	0.07
Dare	395	0.46
Davidson	273	0.32
Davie	54	0.06
Duplin	118	0.14
Durham	1,392	1.64
Edgecombe	252	0.30
Forsyth	1,386	1.63
Franklin	287	0.34
Gaston	293	0.34
Gates	28	0.03
Graham	26	0.03
Granville	3,823	4.49
Greene	890	1.05
Guilford	2,797	3.29
Halifax	508	0.60
Harnett	479	0.56
Haywood	150	0.18
Henderson	225	0.26
Hertford	151	0.18
Hoke	299	0.35
Hyde	239	0.28
Iredell	339	0.40
Jackson	937	1.10
Johnston	403	0.47
Jones	28	0.03
Lee	157	0.18
Lenoir	1,621	1.91
Lincoln	163	0.19
Macon	72	0.08
Madison	75	0.09
Martin	230	0.27
McDowell	532	0.63
Mecklenburg	2,610	3.07
Mitchell	40	0.05
Montgomery	359	0.42
Moore	301	0.35
Nash	503	0.59
New Hanover	1,922	2.26
Northampt	206	0.24
Onslow	225	0.26
Orange	6,821	8.02
Pamlico	209	0.25
Pasquotank	670	0.79
Pender	395	0.46
Perquimans	58	0.07
Person	74	0.09
Pitt	2,955	3.47
Polk	36	0.04
Randolph	566	0.67
Richmond	397	0.47
Robeson	973	1.14
Rockingham	177	0.21
Rowan	749	0.88
Rutherford	216	0.25
Sampson	489	0.57
Scotland	581	0.68
Stanly	584	0.69
Statewide	4	0.00
Stokes	96	0.11
Surry	192	0.23
Swain	51	0.06
Transylvania	57	0.07
Tyrrell	176	0.21
Union	232	0.27
Vance	143	0.17
Wake	23,572	27.71
Warren	358	0.42
Washington	69	0.08
Watauga	1,317	1.55
Wayne	2,323	2.73
Wilkes	381	0.45
Wilson	859	1.01
Yadkin	71	0.08
Yancey	58	0.07