June 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	22,116	25.63
20-29	6,665	7.723
30-40	12,146	14.07
40-50	18,177	21.06
50-60	19,807	22.95
60-70	7,083	8.208
70+	304	0.352

Employment Type (no Universities)

Employment Type	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Full Time	62,823	98.71
Part Time	413	0.65
Time Limited	406	0.64

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Education

Education	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Less than 9th grade	85	0.10
Less than High School	1,784	2.06
High School +	33,084	38.29
Associate	9,238	10.69
Bachelor	22,789	26.38
Masters	7,510	8.69
JD, MD, PhD, Etc	1,460	1.69
Other	318	0.37
Unknown	10,134	11.73

Gender

Gender	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Female	43,114	49.90
Male	43,281	50.10

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Job Categories (no Universities)

Job Categories	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Administrative Support	10,904	12.80
Officials and Administrators	11,729	13.76
Paraprofessional	863	1.01
Professional	24,913	29.24
Protective Services	16,018	18.80
Service and Maintenance	4,760	5.59
Skilled Craft	7,493	8.79
Technical	8,521	10.00
Undefined	12	0.01

Ethnicity

Ethnicity	# of SPA Employees	Percent
African American	25,555	29.58
Asian	1,808	2.09
Hispanic	1,576	1.82
Multinational	165	0.19
Native American	1,250	1.45
Pacific Islander	18	0.02
White	54,353	62.91
Ethnicity Not Given	1,677	1.94

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Years of Service

Years of Service	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Less than 2 years	13,973	16.42
2-4	12,814	15.05
5-9	16,876	19.83
10-14	14,624	17.18
15-19	11,137	13.08
20-29	13,852	16.27
30+	1,842	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	178	0.28
Department of Administration	480	0.75
Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services	1,901	2.97
Department of Commerce	1,636	2.55
Department of Environmental Quality	1,572	2.45
Department of Health and Human Services	15,879	24.79
Department of Information Technology	519	0.81
Department of Insurance	398	0.62
Department of Justice	850	1.33
Department of Labor	332	0.52
Department of Military and Veteran Affairs	85	0.13
Department of Natural and Cultural Resources	1,723	2.69
Department of Public Instruction	1,060	1.66
Department of Public Safety	23,148	36.14
Department of Revenue	1,327	2.07
Department of State Treasurer	391	0.61
Department of Transportation	10,759	16.80
Department of the Secretary of State	175	0.27
NC Office of the Commissioner of Banks	93	0.15
North Carolina School of Science & Math	221	0.35
Office of Administrative Hearings	49	0.08
Office of State Budget and Management	52	0.08
Office of State Human Resources	78	0.12
Office of the State Auditor	133	0.21
Office of the State Controller	163	0.25
Psychology Board	4	0.01
State Board of Elections	56	0.09
State Ethics Commission	13	0.02
Wildlife Resource Commission	666	1.04

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Universities

University/School	# of SPA Employees	% of Total State Emp.
Appalachian State University	1,195	5.41
Elizabeth City State University	176	0.80
East Carolina University	2,201	9.96
Fayetteville State University	382	1.73
North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University	819	3.71
North Carolina Central University	548	2.48
North Carolina State University	4,100	18.56
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill	6,530	29.56
University of North Carolina-General Administration	287	1.30
University of North Carolina-Asheville	343	1.55
University of North Carolina-Charlotte	1,716	7.77
University of North Carolina-Greensboro	1,108	5.02
University of North Carolina-Pembroke	402	1.82
University of North Carolina-School of the Arts	234	1.06
University of North Carolina-Wilmington	964	4.36
Western Carolina University	696	3.15
Winston-Salem State University	387	1.75

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Counties

County	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Alamance	218	0.26
Alexander	509	0.60
Alleghany	45	0.05
Anson	775	0.91
Ashe	97	0.11
Avery	597	0.70
Beaufort	270	0.32
Bertie	441	0.52
Bladen	277	0.32
Brunswick	197	0.23
Buncombe	2,235	2.62
Burke	3,084	3.61
Cabarrus	466	0.55
Caldwell	258	0.30
Camden	21	0.02
Carteret	535	0.63
Caswell	370	0.43
Catawba	460	0.54
Chatham	213	0.25
Cherokee	121	0.14
Chowan	87	0.10
Clay	26	0.03
Cleveland	307	0.36
Columbus	905	1.06
Craven	697	0.82
Cumberland	1,141	1.34
Currituck	56	0.07
Dare	393	0.46
Davidson	274	0.32
Davie	54	0.06
Duplin	119	0.14
Durham	1,404	1.64
Edgecombe	253	0.30
Forsyth	1,382	1.62
Franklin	289	0.34
Gaston	296	0.35
Gates	28	0.03
Graham	27	0.03
Granville	3,860	4.52
Greene	893	1.05
Guilford	2,796	3.28
Halifax	510	0.60
Harnett	485	0.57
Haywood	154	0.18
Henderson	229	0.27
Hertford	150	0.18
Hoke	297	0.35
Hyde	243	0.28
Iredell	344	0.40
Jackson	938	1.10
Johnston	402	0.47
Jones	28	0.03
Lee	157	0.18
Lenoir	1,630	1.91
Lincoln	163	0.19
Macon	70	0.08
Madison	75	0.09
Martin	229	0.27
McDowell	530	0.62
Mecklenburg	2,613	3.06
Mitchell	41	0.05
Montgomery	360	0.42
Moore	307	0.36
Nash	507	0.59
New Hanover	1,915	2.24
Northampt	207	0.24
Onslow	229	0.27
Orange	6,822	7.99
Pamlico	208	0.24
Pasquotank	673	0.79
Pender	403	0.47
Perquimans	56	0.07
Person	74	0.09
Pitt	2,976	3.49
Polk	36	0.04
Randolph	571	0.67
Richmond	404	0.47
Robeson	980	1.15
Rockingham	178	0.21
Rowan	753	0.88
Rutherford	217	0.25
Sampson	491	0.58
Scotland	579	0.68
Stanly	581	0.68
Statewide	4	0.00
Stokes	96	0.11
Surry	196	0.23
Swain	51	0.06
Transylvania	55	0.06
Tyrrell	178	0.21
Union	232	0.27
Vance	147	0.17
Wake	23,633	27.69
Warren	365	0.43
Washington	68	0.08
Watauga	1,322	1.55
Wayne	2,336	2.74
Wilkes	380	0.45
Wilson	867	1.02
Yadkin	72	0.08
Yancey	59	0.07