Summary 8-year Table of Employees at NC State University

In the fall 2011 personnel census, the county-based Cooperative Extension Service employees were brought into the population reported to UNC-GA and to IPEDS. These employees include the Field Faculty and many other support staff.

 

All Employees	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Administration	544	426	245	253	253	270	316	307
Faculty (1)	2,090	2,132	2,078	2,073	2,068	2,066	2096	2124
Staff (2)	5,163	5,417	5,390	5,341	5,307	5,366	5413	5501
Post Docs & Vet House Staff	299	287	269	302	341	378	409	415
Cooperative Extension Off Campus					710	687	661	624
All	8,096	8,262	7,982	8,009	8,679	8,767	8895	8971

 

Faculty Detail (1)	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Tenured	997	1,026	1,047	1,047	1,046	1,037	1071	1073
Tenure-Track	341	347	322	304	302	303	307	279
Non-Tenure Track	752	759	709	722	720	726	718	772
Faculty	2,090	2,132	2,078	2,073	2,068	2,066	2096	2124

 

Staff Detail (2)	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Professionals	2,018	2,052	2,433	2,448	2,481	2,556	2536	2636
Technical / Paraprofessional	907	1,230	765	769	746	744	768	785
Clerical / Office Support	1,290	1,082	1,163	1,127	1,078	1,071	1086	1054
Skilled Crafts / Trades	354	354	316	311	310	301	305	317
Service / Maintenance	594	699	713	726	692	694	718	718
Cooperative Extension Off Campus					710	687	661	624
Staff	5,163	5,417	5,390	5,341	6,017	6,053	6074	6134

 

A change in color indicates that the year cannot be meaningfully compared to the prior year due to definition changes.

Definition Notes:

• For 2013 and 2014 the UNC-GA Human Resources Data Mart (HRDM) is the source of the personnel information.  The HRDM gets a regular feed from NCSU and the final feed for September is the census for the personnel information for the year.  Data and definitions are largely controlled by UNC-GA for reporting purposes.
• These data present the number of filled (paid) positions and are based on the Personnel Data File presented to UNC-General Administration, reflecting an annual census date of September 30. These are headcounts of all full- and part-time employees and exclude vacant positions and individuals on unpaid leave.
• Also excluded from this population are contractors, people working on campus who are not paid by NC State, temporary employees paid by the hour, work-study students, and graduate assistants.
• Changes in personnel policies and data definitions, and a conversion to a new taxonomy in 2009 (JCAT), have contributed to changes in individuals’ classifications, disrupting trend lines. Of particular note is the extraction of post docs and CVM house staff from the “staff professional” category to their own unique category.

Observations on 2011

• As noted above, an increase of nearly 10% in total employees resulted from including the population of county-based Cooperative Extension Service employees. This change was requested by UNC-GA. These employees were part of NC State University in the past, but were excluding from the counting rules at the beginning of data collection about 3 decades ago. In 2010 a request was made to bring them in on the 2011 personnel census.

Observations on Changes Between 2008 and 2009

• The total number of employees dropped from 8,262 to 7,982, consistent with significant budget cuts. The total number of faculty decreased from 2,132 to 2,078 (2.5%), while the number of non-faculty (executives, staff, post docs and house staff) decreased from 6,130 to 5,904 (3.7%).
• The net number of tenured faculty increased from 1,026 to 1,047, signaling the University’s commitment to protecting tenured faculty and to ensure a critical mass of tenured faculty to support increasing enrollment.
• The number of tenure-track faculty decreased from 347 to 322, indicating both the achievement of tenure by some and departmental caution in filling vacant tenure-track positions during a year of budget reductions.
• Non-tenure track faculty numbers decreased from 759 to 709. This is primarily attributable to individuals whose contracts expired — and who were not issued subsequent contracts or replaced — most likely due to budget constraints.
• The number of people reported as executives, administrators, or managers dropped from 426 to 245, largely reflecting the reassignment of EPA and SPA staff from the administrator category to the professional category. About half were EPA staff in Admissions, Financial Aid, and Advancement whom UNC-GA identifies as SAAO-II but whose responsibilities are defined as professional.
• Staff numbers dropped from 5,417 to 5,390, despite reassignments from the administrator category to the professional category. Changes resulting from the JCAT classification taxonomy caused shifts among other staff categories as well.