December 2020
As of December 2020
* Statistics that list "Number of SHRA Employees" refers to employees covered by the State Human Resources Act (SHRA), cabinet agencies, and Council of State agencies.
Age | Number of Employees | Percent of Total State Employees |
Less than 20 | 54 | 0% |
20-29 | 10,251 | 13% |
30-39 | 17,039 | 21% |
40-49 | 20,909 | 26% |
50-59 | 23,477 | 29% |
60-69 | 9,481 | 12% |
70 or more | 719 | 1% |
Employment Type | Number of SHRA Employees | Percent of Total State Employees |
Full Time | 59,477 | 98.8% |
Part Time | 251 | 0.4% |
Time Limited | 450 | 0.7% |
Education | Number of Employees | Percent of Total State Employees |
Less than High School | 3,198 | 4% |
High School Graduate | 28,651 | 35% |
Associate | 8,740 | 11% |
Bachelor | 22,135 | 27% |
Advanced Degree | 9,219 | 11% |
Certifications | 400 | 0% |
Gender | Number of Employees | Percent of Total State Employees |
Female | 42,992 | 52% |
Male | 38,935 | 48% |
Unreported | 3 | 0% |
Job Categories | Number of SHRA Employees | Percent of Total State Employees |
Administrative Support | 5,457 | 9% |
Agricultural, Environmental & Scientific | 2,172 | 4% |
Corrections | 14,380 | 24% |
Education & Training | 632 | 1% |
Engineering | 2,854 | 5% |
Executive | 80 | 0% |
Financial & Business Management | 2,743 | 5% |
Human Resources | 663 | 1% |
Human Services | 3,254 | 5% |
Information Communication & Media | 367 | 1% |
Information Technology | 2,339 | 4% |
Institutional Support Services | 1,243 | 2% |
Law Enforcement & Public Safety | 3,285 | 5% |
Legal | 617 | 1% |
Medical & Health | 8,598 | 14% |
Natural, Historic & Cultural Resources | 610 | 1% |
Operations & Trades | 6,302 | 10% |
Planning & Economic Development | 386 | 1% |
Program Management | 3,314 | 6% |
Safety & Inspection | 905 | 2% |
Ethnicity | Number of Employees | Percent of Total State Employees |
African American | 25,283 | 31% |
Asian | 1,926 | 2% |
Hispanic | 2,131 | 3% |
Multinational | 402 | 0% |
Native American | 1,252 | 2% |
Pacific Islander | 37 | 0% |
White | 49,224 | 60% |
Ethnicity Not Given | 1,675 | 2% |
Years of Service | Number of Employees | Percent of Total State Employees |
Less than 2 years | 12,009 | 15% |
2 to 4 | 15,866 | 19% |
5 to 9 | 15,692 | 19% |
10 to 14 | 12,171 | 15% |
15 to 19 | 10,757 | 13% |
20 to 29 | 13,348 | 16% |
30+ | 2,087 | 3% |
Agency | Number of SHRA Employees | Percent of Total State Employees |
Administration | 448 | 0.7% |
Agriculture | 1,865 | 3.1% |
Commerce | 1,545 | 2.5% |
Community Colleges | 170 | 0.3% |
Cosmetic Arts | 23 | 0.0% |
Elections | 100 | 0.1% |
Environmental Quality | 1,470 | 2.5% |
Health Human Services | 15,541 | 25.8% |
Information Technology | 1,042 | 1.8% |
Insurance | 552 | 0.9% |
Justice | 738 | 1.2% |
Labor | 326 | 0.5% |
Military and Veterans Affairs | 97 | 0.2% |
Natural and Cultural Resources | 1,713 | 2.9% |
Opticians | 1 | 0.0% |
Public Instruction | 844 | 1.4% |
Public Safety | 21,906 | 36.5% |
Revenue | 1,308 | 2.2% |
Secretary of State | 181 | 0.3% |
State Auditor | 135 | 0.2% |
State Budget & Management | 49 | 0.1% |
State Controller | 166 | 0.3% |
State Ethics | 80 | 0.0% |
State Human Resources | 80 | 0.1% |
State Treasurer | 317 | 0.5% |
Transportation | 8,901 | 14.8% |
Wildlife | 604 | 1.0% |
University/School | Number of Employees | Percent of Total State Employees |
Appalachian State University | 1,275 | 6% |
Elizabeth City State University | 158 | 1% |
East Carolina University | 2,087 | 10% |
Fayetteville State University | 335 | 2% |
North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University | 835 | 4% |
North Carolina Central University | 532 | 2% |
North Carolina State University | 3,950 | 18% |
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill | 6,452 | 30% |
University of North Carolina-General Administration | 392 | 1% |
University of North Carolina-Asheville | 305 | 1% |
University of North Carolina-Charlotte | 1,716 | 8% |
University of North Carolina-Greensboro | 1,109 | 5% |
University of North Carolina-Pembroke | 235 | 2% |
University of North Carolina-School of the Arts | 247 | 1% |
University of North Carolina-Wilmington | 1,030 | 5% |
Western Carolina University | 724 | 3% |
Winston-Salem State University | 370 | 2% |
County | Number of Employees | Percent of Total State Employees |
Alamance | 221 | 0.3% |
Alexander | 515 | 0.6% |
Alleghany | 42 | 0.1% |
Anson | 558 | 0.7% |
Ashe | 81 | 0.1% |
Avery | 493 | 0.6% |
Beaufort | 243 | 0.3% |
Bertie | 447 | 0.5% |
Bladen | 254 | 0.3% |
Brunswick | 181 | 0.2% |
Buncombe | 2,115 | 2.6% |
Burke | 3,048 | 3.7% |
Cabarrus | 481 | 0.6% |
Caldwell | 261 | 0.3% |
Camden | 20 | 0.0% |
Carteret | 436 | 0.5% |
Caswell | 324 | 0.4% |
Catawba | 448 | 0.5% |
Chatham | 215 | 0.3% |
Cherokee | 117 | 0.1% |
Chowan | 90 | 0.1% |
Clay | 27 | 0.0% |
Cleveland | 290 | 0.4% |
Columbus | 892 | 1.1% |
Craven | 701 | 0.9% |
Cumberland | 1,012 | 1.2% |
Currituck | 70 | 0.1% |
Dare | 347 | 0.4% |
Davidson | 277 | 0.3% |
Davie | 63 | 0.1% |
Duplin | 117 | 0.1% |
Durham | 1,049 | 1.3% |
Edgecombe | 185 | 0.2% |
Forsyth | 1,325 | 1.6% |
Franklin | 261 | 0.3% |
Gaston | 277 | 0.3% |
Gates | 27 | 0.0% |
Graham | 25 | 0.0% |
Granville | 3,816 | 4.7% |
Greene | 1,058 | 1.3% |
Guilford | 2,791 | 3.4% |
Halifax | 498 | 0.6% |
Harnett | 469 | 0.6% |
Haywood | 171 | 0.2% |
Henderson | 239 | 0.3% |
Hertford | 118 | 0.1% |
Hoke | 193 | 0.2% |
Hyde | 230 | 0.3% |
Iredell | 316 | 0.4% |
Jackson | 953 | 1.2% |
Johnston | 435 | 0.5% |
Jones | 23 | 0.0% |
Lee | 185 | 0.2% |
Lenoir | 1,511 | 1.8% |
Lincoln | 160 | 0.2% |
Macon | 70 | 0.1% |
Madison | 71 | 0.1% |
Martin | 205 | 0.3% |
McDowell | 564 | 0.7% |
Mecklenburg | 2,588 | 3.2% |
Mitchell | 49 | 0.1% |
Montgomery | 323 | 0.4% |
Moore | 319 | 0.4% |
Nash | 538 | 0.7% |
New Hanover | 1,836 | 2.2% |
Northampton | 129 | 0.2% |
Onslow | 243 | 0.3% |
Orange | 6,887 | 8.4% |
Pamlico | 190 | 0.2% |
Pasquotank | 640 | 0.8% |
Pender | 359 | 0.4% |
Perquimans | 52 | 0.1% |
Person | 68 | 0.1% |
Pitt | 2,859 | 3.5% |
Polk | 40 | 0.0% |
Randolph | 575 | 0.7% |
Richmond | 372 | 0.5% |
Robeson | 958 | 1.2% |
Rockingham | 180 | 0.2% |
Rowan | 685 | 0.8% |
Rutherford | 205 | 0.3% |
Sampson | 460 | 0.6% |
Scotland | 621 | 0.8% |
Stanly | 545 | 0.7% |
Stokes | 94 | 0.1% |
Surry | 176 | 0.2% |
Swain | 44 | 0.1% |
Transylvania | 68 | 0.1% |
Tyrrell | 109 | 0.1% |
Union | 234 | 0.3% |
Vance | 139 | 0.2% |
Wake | 22,251 | 27.2% |
Warren | 341 | 0.4% |
Washington | 69 | 0.1% |
Watauga | 1,399 | 1.7% |
Wayne | 2,406 | 2.9% |
Wilkes | 354 | 0.4% |
Wilson | 789 | 1.0% |
Yadkin | 70 | 0.1% |
Yancey | 54 | 0.1% |