November 2016

* All statistics include State Human Resources Act (SHRA) employees, cabinet agencies, Council of State agencies, and universities, unless otherwise noted.

Age (SHRA employees only)

Age	Number (#) of SHRA Employees	Percent (%) of Total State Employees
Less than 20	31	0.036
20-29	9,469	11.04
30-39	16,760	19.55
40-49	23,310	27.19
50-59	25,827	30.12
60-69	9,846	11.48
70 or more	492	0.574

Employment Type (no Universities)

Employment Type	Number (#) of SHRA Employees	Percent (%) of Total State Employees
Full Time	62,414	98.79
Part Time	393	0.62
Time Limited	372	0.59

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Education

Education	Number (#) of SHRA Employees	Percent (%) of Total State Employees
Less than 9th grade	79	0.09
Less than High School	1,806	2.10
High School +	32,534	37.89
Associate	9,229	10.75
Bachelor	22,806	26.56
Masters	7,558	8.80
JD, MD, PhD, Etc	1,479	1.72
Other	333	0.39
Unknown	10,033	11.69

Gender

Gender	Number (#) of SHRA Employees	Percent (%) of Total State Employees
Female	42,977	50.06
Male	42,873	49.94

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Job Categories (no Universities)

Job Categories	Number (#) of SHRA Employees	Percent (%) of Total State Employees
Administrative Support	10,798	12.82
Officials and Administrators	11,674	13.86
Paraprofessional	867	1.03
Professional	24,863	29.52
Protective Services	15,813	18.77
Service and Maintenance	4,418	5.25
Skilled Craft	7,353	8.73
Technical	8,422	10.00
Undefined	16	0.02

Ethnicity

Ethnicity	Number (#) of SHRA Employees	Percent (%) of Total State Employees
African American	25,411	29.60
Asian	1,818	2.12
Hispanic	1,610	1.88
Multinational	176	0.20
Native American	1,234	1.44
Pacific Islander	23	0.03
White	53,817	62.68
Ethnicity Not Given	1,768	2.06

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Years of Service

Years of Service	Number (#) of SHRA Employees	Percent (%) of Total State Employees
Less than 2 years	14,179	16.75
2-4	13,361	15.78
5-9	15,671	18.51
10-14	14,863	17.55
15-19	11,044	13.04
20-29	13,771	16.26
30+	1,779	2.10

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Agencies

Agency	Number (#) of SHRA Employees	Percent (%) of Total State Employees
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	181	0.28
Department of Administration	454	0.71
Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services	1,901	2.99
Department of Commerce	1,652	2.60
Department of Environmental Quality	1,481	2.33
Department of Health and Human Services	15,954	25.09
Department of Information Technology	590	0.93
Department of Insurance	399	0.63
Department of Justice	790	1.24
Department of Labor	348	0.55
Department of Military and Veteran Affairs	83	0.13
Department of Natural and Cultural Resources	1,750	2.75
Department of Public Instruction	1,057	1.66
Department of Public Safety	23,033	36.22
Department of Revenue	1,304	2.05
Department of State Treasurer	398	0.63
Department of Transportation	10,409	16.37
Department of the Secretary of State	168	0.26
NC Office of the Commissioner of Banks	95	0.15
North Carolina School of Science & Math	221	0.35
Office of Administrative Hearings	49	0.08
Office of State Budget and Management	54	0.08
Office of State Human Resources	80	0.13
Office of the State Auditor	140	0.22
Office of the State Controller	160	0.25
Psychology Board	4	0.01
State Board of Elections	51	0.08
State Ethics Commission	13	0.02
Wildlife Resource Commission	664	1.04

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Universities

University/School	Number (#) of SHRA Employees	Percent (%) of Total State Employees
Appalachian State University	1,228	5.58
Elizabeth City State University	170	0.77
East Carolina University	2,170	9.86
Fayetteville State University	388	1.76
North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University	818	3.72
North Carolina Central University	535	2.43
North Carolina State University	4,079	18.54
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill	6,417	29.16
University of North Carolina-General Administration	274	1.25
University of North Carolina-Asheville	341	1.55
University of North Carolina-Charlotte	1,741	7.91
University of North Carolina-Greensboro	1,109	5.04
University of North Carolina-Pembroke	397	1.80
University of North Carolina-School of the Arts	240	1.09
University of North Carolina-Wilmington	986	4.48
Western Carolina University	707	3.21
Winston-Salem State University	407	1.85

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Counties

County	Number (#) of SHRA Employees	Percent (%) of Total State Employees
Alamance	215	0.25
Alexander	499	0.59
Alleghany	45	0.05
Anson	652	0.77
Ashe	97	0.11
Avery	596	0.70
Beaufort	263	0.31
Bertie	437	0.52
Bladen	267	0.31
Brunswick	198	0.23
Buncombe	2,202	2.60
Burke	3,098	3.65
Cabarrus	484	0.57
Caldwell	270	0.32
Camden	20	0.02
Carteret	524	0.62
Caswell	351	0.41
Catawba	453	0.53
Chatham	214	0.25
Cherokee	124	0.15
Chowan	84	0.10
Clay	23	0.03
Cleveland	303	0.36
Columbus	897	1.06
Craven	686	0.81
Cumberland	1,141	1.35
Currituck	58	0.07
Dare	404	0.48
Davidson	273	0.32
Davie	59	0.07
Duplin	115	0.14
Durham	1,374	1.62
Edgecombe	259	0.31
Forsyth	1,404	1.66
Franklin	284	0.33
Gaston	292	0.34
Gates	28	0.03
Graham	25	0.03
Granville	3,845	4.53
Greene	882	1.04
Guilford	2,786	3.29
Halifax	505	0.60
Harnett	480	0.57
Haywood	156	0.18
Henderson	219	0.26
Hertford	144	0.17
Hoke	297	0.35
Hyde	234	0.28
Iredell	333	0.39
Jackson	946	1.12
Johnston	409	0.48
Jones	28	0.03
Lee	156	0.18
Lenoir	1,610	1.90
Lincoln	167	0.20
Macon	74	0.09
Madison	77	0.09
Martin	224	0.26
McDowell	536	0.63
Mecklenburg	2,633	3.10
Mitchell	41	0.05
Montgomery	364	0.43
Moore	317	0.37
Nash	502	0.59
New Hanover	1,945	2.29
Northampt	210	0.25
Onslow	228	0.27
Orange	6,713	7.92
Pamlico	218	0.26
Pasquotank	664	0.78
Pender	382	0.45
Perquimans	58	0.07
Person	73	0.09
Pitt	2,950	3.48
Polk	36	0.04
Randolph	561	0.66
Richmond	416	0.49
Robeson	969	1.14
Rockingham	173	0.20
Rowan	746	0.88
Rutherford	219	0.26
Sampson	488	0.58
Scotland	585	0.69
Stanly	594	0.70
Statewide	4	0.00
Stokes	92	0.11
Surry	195	0.23
Swain	46	0.05
Transylvania	59	0.07
Tyrrell	179	0.21
Union	237	0.28
Vance	144	0.17
Wake	23,412	27.61
Warren	367	0.43
Washington	68	0.08
Watauga	1,352	1.59
Wayne	2,373	2.80
Wilkes	372	0.44
Wilson	867	1.02
Yadkin	69	0.08
Yancey	60	0.07