March 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	37	0.043
20-29	9,140	10.71
30-40	16,765	19.65
40-50	23,491	27.53
50-60	25,908	30.37
60-70	9,528	11.17
70+	451	0.529

Employment Type (no Universities)

Employment Type	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Full Time	63,076	98.70
Part Time	436	0.68
Time Limited	394	0.62

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Education

Education	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Less than 9th grade	88	0.10
Less than High School	1,735	2.03
High School +	33,339	39.03
Associate	9,193	10.76
Bachelor	22,390	26.21
Masters	7,101	8.31
JD, MD, PhD, Etc	1,377	1.61
Other	293	0.34
Unknown	9,903	11.59

Gender

Gender	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Female	42,486	49.74
Male	42,926	50.26

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Job Categories (no Universities)

Job Categories	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Administrative Support	6,271	10.06
Officials and Administrators	1,186	1.90
Paraprofessional	764	1.23
Professional	20,313	32.59
Protective Services	16,068	25.78
Service and Maintenance	2,698	4.33
Skilled Craft	6,919	11.10
Technical	8,112	13.01
Undefined	4	0.01

Ethnicity

Ethnicity	# of SPA Employees	Percent
American Indian	925	1.48
Asian	987	1.58
Black	19,876	31.76
Hispanic	894	1.43
Multinational	149	0.24
Pacific	18	0.03
White	39,729	63.49

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Years of Service

Years of Service	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Less than 2 years	13,751	16.30
2-4	12,416	14.72
5-9	17,446	20.69
10-14	14,211	16.85
15-19	11,149	13.22
20-29	13,563	16.08
30+	1,804	2.14

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Agencies

Agency	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Board of Cosmetic Art Examiners	26	0.04
Community College System	155	0.25
Department of Administration	492	0.78
Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services	1,897	3.01
Department of Commerce	1,606	2.54
Department of Environmental Quality	1,568	2.48
Department of Health and Human Services	15,733	24.93
Department of Information Technology	514	0.81
Department of Insurance	399	0.63
Department of Justice	858	1.36
Department of Labor	334	0.53
Department of Military and Veteran Affairs	86	0.14
Department of Natural and Cultural Resources	1,630	2.58
Department of Public Instruction	780	1.24
Department of Public Safety	23,252	36.84
Department of Revenue	1,317	2.09
Department of State Treasurer	339	0.54
Department of Transportation	10,568	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	47	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	163	0.26
State Board of Elections	56	0.09
State Ethics Commission	13	0.02
Wildlife Resource Commission	662	1.05

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Universities

University/School	# of SPA Employees	% of Total State Emp.
Applachian State University	1,206	5.47
Elizabeth City State University	183	0.83
East Carolina University	2,209	10.02
Fayetteville State University	379	1.72
North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University	811	3.68
North Carolina Central University	560	2.54
North Carolina State University	4,077	18.50
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill	6,511	29.54
University of North Carolina-General Administration	290	1.32
University of North Carolina-Asheville	340	1.54
University of North Carolina-Charlotte	1,696	7.69
University of North Carolina-Greensboro	1,100	4.99
University of North Carolina-Pembroke	407	1.85
University of North Carolina-School of the Arts	236	1.07
University of North Carolina-Wilmington	963	4.37
Western Carolina University	689	3.13
Winston Salem State University	385	1.75

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Counties

County	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Alamance	215	0.25
Alexander	536	0.64
Alleghany	44	0.05
Anson	820	0.97
Ashe	98	0.12
Avery	599	0.71
Beaufort	275	0.33
Bertie	453	0.54
Bladen	271	0.32
Brunswick	199	0.24
Buncombe	2,246	2.66
Burke	2,941	3.49
Cabarrus	436	0.52
Caldwell	268	0.32
Camden	19	0.02
Carteret	480	0.57
Caswell	364	0.43
Catawba	427	0.51
Chatham	214	0.25
Cherokee	125	0.15
Chowan	84	0.10
Clay	27	0.03
Cleveland	329	0.39
Columbus	926	1.10
Craven	695	0.82
Cumberland	1,140	1.35
Currituck	62	0.07
Dare	368	0.44
Davidson	271	0.32
Davie	56	0.07
Duplin	122	0.14
Durham	1,237	1.47
Edgecombe	220	0.26
Forsyth	1,368	1.62
Franklin	288	0.34
Gaston	294	0.35
Gates	29	0.03
Graham	27	0.03
Granville	3,925	4.65
Greene	919	1.09
Guilford	2,776	3.29
Halifax	518	0.61
Harnett	484	0.57
Haywood	151	0.18
Henderson	225	0.27
Hertford	154	0.18
Hoke	297	0.35
Hyde	253	0.30
Iredell	342	0.41
Jackson	923	1.09
Johnston	407	0.48
Jones	28	0.03
Lee	161	0.19
Lenoir	1,572	1.86
Lincoln	159	0.19
Macon	70	0.08
Madison	76	0.09
Martin	237	0.28
McDowell	533	0.63
Mecklenburg	2,578	3.06
Mitchell	43	0.05
Montgomery	367	0.43
Moore	299	0.35
Nash	510	0.60
New Hanover	1,740	2.06
Northampt	207	0.25
Onslow	228	0.27
Orange	6,811	8.07
Pamlico	213	0.25
Pasquotank	694	0.82
Pender	406	0.48
Perquimans	55	0.07
Person	71	0.08
Pitt	2,996	3.55
Polk	34	0.04
Randolph	572	0.68
Richmond	398	0.47
Robeson	987	1.17
Rockingham	180	0.21
Rowan	758	0.90
Rutherford	220	0.26
Sampson	496	0.59
Scotland	604	0.72
Stanly	587	0.70
Statewide	3	0
Stokes	98	0.12
Surry	196	0.23
Swain	56	0.07
Transylvania	56	0.07
Tyrrell	187	0.22
Union	235	0.28
Vance	150	0.18
Wake	23,148	27.43
Warren	375	0.44
Washington	75	0.09
Watauga	1,334	1.58
Wayne	2,361	2.80
Wilkes	374	0.44
Wilson	764	0.91
Yadkin	70	0.08
Yancey	58	0.07