November 2015

* 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	27	0.032
20-29	9,058	10.57
30-40	16,794	19.6
40-50	23,741	27.7
50-60	26,095	30.45
60-70	9,524	11.11
70+	460	0.537

Employment Type (no Universities)

Employment Type	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Full Time	63,493	98.67
Part Time	454	0.71
Time Limited	404	0.63

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Education

Education	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Less than 9th grade	91	0.11
Less than High School	1,744	2.03
High School +	33,738	39.32
Associate	9,215	10.74
Bachelor	22,335	26.03
Masters	7,045	8.21
JD, MD, PhD, Etc	1,365	1.59
Other	286	0.33
Unknown	9,976	11.63

Gender

Gender	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Female	42,648	49.71
Male	43,140	50.29

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Job Categories (no Universities)

Job Categories	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Administrative Support	6,288	10.01
Officials and Administrators	1,268	2.02
Paraprofessional	783	1.25
Professional	20,490	32.63
Protective Services	16,171	25.75
Service and Maintenance	2,702	4.30
Skilled Craft	6,971	11.10
Technical	8,128	12.94
Undefined	2	0.00

Ethnicity

Ethnicity	# of SPA Employees	Percent
American Indian	929	1.47
Asian	979	1.55
Black	19,935	31.62
Hispanic	887	1.41
Multinational	141	0.22
Pacific	17	0.03
White	40,151	63.69

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Years of Service

Years of Service	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Less than 2 years	13,303	15.70
2-4	12,431	14.67
5-9	18,181	21.46
10-14	14,150	16.70
15-19	11,139	13.15
20-29	13,581	16.03
30+	1,928	2.28

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Agencies

Agency	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Board of Cosmetic Art Examiners	25	0.04
Community College System	157	0.25
Department of Administration	515	0.81
Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services	1,919	3.02
Department of Commerce	1,618	2.55
Department of Environmental Quality	1,563	2.46
Department of Health and Human Services	15,834	24.94
Department of Information Technology	526	0.83
Department of Insurance	406	0.64
Department of Justice	848	1.34
Department of Labor	337	0.53
Department of Natural and Cultural Resources	1,650	2.60
Department of Public Instruction	783	1.23
Department of Public Safety	23,425	36.89
Department of Revenue	1,310	2.06
Department of State Treasurer	338	0.53
Department of Transportation	10,702	16.85
Department of the Secretary of State	175	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	45	0.07
Office of State Budget and Management	48	0.08
Office of State Human Resources	79	0.12
Office of the State Auditor	146	0.23
Office of the State Controller	160	0.25
State Board of Elections	56	0.09
State Ethics Commission	11	0.02
Wildlife Resource Commission	655	1.03

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Universities

University/School	# of SPA Employees	% of Total State Emp.
Applachian State University	1,211	5.51
Elizabeth City State University	185	0.84
East Carolina University	2,190	9.97
Fayetteville State University	385	1.75
North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University	781	3.56
North Carolina Central University	562	2.56
North Carolina State University	4,073	18.55
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill	6,479	29.50
University of North Carolina-General Administration	298	1.36
University of North Carolina-Asheville	335	1.53
University of North Carolina-Charlotte	1,702	7.75
University of North Carolina-Greensboro	1,106	5.04
University of North Carolina-Pembroke	394	1.79
University of North Carolina-School of the Arts	232	1.06
University of North Carolina-Wilmington	954	4.34
Western Carolina University	685	3.12
Winston Salem State University	387	1.76

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Counties

County	# of SPA Employees	Percent
Alamance	216	0.25
Alexander	555	0.65
Alleghany	44	0.05
Anson	854	1.01
Ashe	100	0.12
Avery	611	0.72
Beaufort	278	0.33
Bertie	442	0.52
Bladen	272	0.32
Brunswick	200	0.24
Buncombe	2,259	2.67
Burke	2,948	3.48
Cabarrus	451	0.53
Caldwell	263	0.31
Camden	18	0.02
Carteret	483	0.57
Caswell	359	0.42
Catawba	427	0.50
Chatham	209	0.25
Cherokee	128	0.15
Chowan	88	0.10
Clay	26	0.03
Cleveland	334	0.39
Columbus	913	1.08
Craven	719	0.85
Cumberland	1,138	1.34
Currituck	65	0.08
Dare	364	0.43
Davidson	276	0.33
Davie	58	0.07
Duplin	123	0.15
Durham	1,250	1.47
Edgecombe	213	0.25
Forsyth	1,355	1.60
Franklin	294	0.35
Gaston	302	0.36
Gates	29	0.03
Graham	25	0.03
Granville	3,988	4.70
Greene	904	1.07
Guilford	2,738	3.23
Halifax	522	0.62
Harnett	497	0.59
Haywood	153	0.18
Henderson	234	0.28
Hertford	155	0.18
Hoke	287	0.34
Hyde	257	0.30
Iredell	344	0.41
Jackson	929	1.10
Johnston	412	0.49
Jones	29	0.03
Lee	156	0.18
Lenoir	1,558	1.84
Lincoln	162	0.19
Macon	66	0.08
Madison	73	0.09
Martin	234	0.28
McDowell	548	0.65
Mecklenburg	2,598	3.07
Mitchell	42	0.05
Montgomery	370	0.44
Moore	309	0.36
Nash	512	0.60
New Hanover	1,747	2.06
Northampt	215	0.25
Onslow	225	0.27
Orange	6,782	8.00
Pamlico	219	0.26
Pasquotank	708	0.84
Pender	406	0.48
Perquimans	59	0.07
Person	75	0.09
Pitt	2,961	3.49
Polk	36	0.04
Randolph	584	0.69
Richmond	412	0.49
Robeson	980	1.16
Rockingham	174	0.21
Rowan	761	0.90
Rutherford	213	0.25
Sampson	501	0.59
Scotland	628	0.74
Stanly	599	0.71
Statewide	3	0
Stokes	98	0.12
Surry	202	0.24
Swain	58	0.07
Transylvania	58	0.07
Tyrrell	184	0.22
Union	235	0.28
Vance	154	0.18
Wake	23,239	27.42
Warren	367	0.43
Washington	77	0.09
Watauga	1,342	1.58
Wayne	2,391	2.82
Wilkes	382	0.45
Wilson	792	0.93
Yadkin	71	0.08
Yancey	59	0.07