May 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	36	0.042
20-29	9,192	10.65
30-40	16,907	19.59
40-50	23,699	27.46
50-60	26,286	30.46
60-70	9,705	11.25
70+	465	0.539

Employment Type (no Universities)

Employment Type	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Full Time	62,821	98.71
Part Time	423	0.66
Time Limited	400	0.63

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Education

Education	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Less than 9th grade	86	0.10
Less than High School	1,772	2.05
High School +	33,184	38.41
Associate	9,244	10.70
Bachelor	22,718	26.30
Masters	7,448	8.62
JD, MD, PhD, Etc	1,459	1.69
Other	314	0.36
Unknown	10,170	11.77

Gender

Gender	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Female	43,102	49.89
Male	43,286	50.11

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Job Categories (no Universities)

Job Categories	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Administrative Support	11,012	13.01
Officials and Administrators	11,349	13.41
Paraprofessional	834	0.99
Professional	24,809	29.30
Protective Services	16,029	18.93
Service and Maintenance	4,560	5.39
Skilled Craft	7,506	8.87
Technical	8,551	10.10
Undefined	12	0.01

Ethnicity

Ethnicity	# of SPA Employees	Percent
African American	25,536	29.56
Asian	1,803	2.09
Hispanic	1,564	1.81
Multinational	162	0.19
Native American	1,252	1.45
Pacific Islander	18	0.02
White	54,430	63
Ethnicity Not Given	1,630	1.89

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Years of Service

Years of Service	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Less than 2 years	13,951	16.36
2-4	12,802	15.01
5-9	17,173	20.13
10-14	14,521	17.02
15-19	11,215	13.15
20-29	13,810	16.19
30+	1,828	2.14

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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	487	0.76
Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services	1,901	2.97
Department of Commerce	1,616	2.52
Department of Environmental Quality	1,574	2.46
Department of Health and Human Services	15,849	24.75
Department of Information Technology	522	0.82
Department of Insurance	399	0.62
Department of Justice	856	1.34
Department of Labor	334	0.52
Department of Military and Veteran Affairs	88	0.14
Department of Natural and Cultural Resources	1,688	2.64
Department of Public Instruction	1,061	1.66
Department of Public Safety	23,177	36.19
Department of Revenue	1,317	2.06
Department of State Treasurer	388	0.61
Department of Transportation	10,789	16.84
Department of the Secretary of State	177	0.28
NC Office of the Commissioner of Banks	94	0.15
North Carolina School of Science & Math	225	0.35
Office of Administrative Hearings	49	0.08
Office of State Budget and Management	48	0.07
Office of State Human Resources	80	0.12
Office of the State Auditor	140	0.22
Office of the State Controller	165	0.26
Psychology Board	4	0.01
State Board of Elections	55	0.09
State Ethics Commission	13	0.02
Wildlife Resource Commission	670	1.05

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Universities

University/School	# of SPA Employees	% of Total State Emp.
Appalachian State University	1,204	5.45
Elizabeth City State University	177	0.80
East Carolina University	2,190	9.92
Fayetteville State University	380	1.72
North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University	819	3.71
North Carolina Central University	543	2.46
North Carolina State University	4,100	18.57
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill	6,536	29.61
University of North Carolina-General Administration	288	1.30
University of North Carolina-Asheville	339	1.54
University of North Carolina-Charlotte	1,705	7.72
University of North Carolina-Greensboro	1,103	5
University of North Carolina-Pembroke	406	1.84
University of North Carolina-School of the Arts	237	1.07
University of North Carolina-Wilmington	961	4.35
Western Carolina University	702	3.18
Winston-Salem State University	387	1.75

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Counties

County	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Alamance	214	0.25
Alexander	516	0.60
Alleghany	44	0.05
Anson	799	0.94
Ashe	96	0.11
Avery	595	0.70
Beaufort	270	0.32
Bertie	450	0.53
Bladen	280	0.33
Brunswick	195	0.23
Buncombe	2,231	2.61
Burke	3,089	3.62
Cabarrus	457	0.54
Caldwell	262	0.31
Camden	21	0.02
Carteret	537	0.63
Caswell	372	0.44
Catawba	435	0.51
Chatham	213	0.25
Cherokee	125	0.15
Chowan	87	0.10
Clay	26	0.03
Cleveland	324	0.38
Columbus	908	1.06
Craven	697	0.82
Cumberland	1,140	1.34
Currituck	60	0.07
Dare	385	0.45
Davidson	269	0.32
Davie	55	0.06
Duplin	119	0.14
Durham	1,392	1.63
Edgecombe	239	0.28
Forsyth	1,379	1.62
Franklin	286	0.34
Gaston	297	0.35
Gates	29	0.03
Graham	27	0.03
Granville	3,908	4.58
Greene	902	1.06
Guilford	2,788	3.27
Halifax	513	0.60
Harnett	485	0.57
Haywood	155	0.18
Henderson	228	0.27
Hertford	150	0.18
Hoke	299	0.35
Hyde	248	0.29
Iredell	343	0.40
Jackson	949	1.11
Johnston	406	0.48
Jones	28	0.03
Lee	158	0.19
Lenoir	1,617	1.89
Lincoln	159	0.19
Macon	68	0.08
Madison	75	0.09
Martin	234	0.27
McDowell	528	0.62
Mecklenburg	2,602	3.05
Mitchell	43	0.05
Montgomery	358	0.42
Moore	306	0.36
Nash	514	0.60
New Hanover	1,900	2.23
Northampt	204	0.24
Onslow	227	0.27
Orange	6,827	8.00
Pamlico	212	0.25
Pasquotank	678	0.79
Pender	407	0.48
Perquimans	56	0.07
Person	74	0.09
Pitt	2,969	3.48
Polk	36	0.04
Randolph	572	0.67
Richmond	409	0.48
Robeson	985	1.15
Rockingham	178	0.21
Rowan	747	0.88
Rutherford	220	0.26
Sampson	496	0.58
Scotland	589	0.69
Stanly	587	0.69
Statewide	5	0.01
Stokes	95	0.11
Surry	195	0.23
Swain	50	0.06
Transylvania	54	0.06
Tyrrell	186	0.22
Union	233	0.27
Vance	147	0.17
Wake	23,540	27.58
Warren	366	0.43
Washington	69	0.08
Watauga	1,333	1.56
Wayne	2,342	2.74
Wilkes	379	0.44
Wilson	869	1.02
Yadkin	70	0.08
Yancey	60	0.07