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WA State Employee Data 
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HR Management Reports and GMAP presentations (HR) also provide data on other standard HR measures
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For additional data requests (except Higher Education information), email the DOP Service Center.

 

For Higher Education information, email the Office of Financial Management Help Desk.

 

This page provides general government state employee headcount and diversity data. Higher Education employee information is not included. 

 

Data as of October 31, 2009 unless otherwise noted: 

 

Workforce Headcount

 

Branch: Headcount
Executive Branch*

63,566

Legislative Branch         729 
Judicial Branch                  606

 

Tracking Report - State Employee Headcount (Excel) (includes Executive Branch employees only)

 

Drilldown of Headcount Data (by agency, county, and job class).

Layoff Activity
Report Time Period: 7/1/2008 – 10/31/2009
Run Date: 11/9/2009

 

This data reflects layoff-related actions for the Executive Branch* of Washington State employees.

 

Categories: # of Layoff Actions
Total layoff-related actions

1,233

Layoff actions not resulting in separation from state service**

786

Separations from state service

447


**Layoff actions not resulting in separation from state service include demotions in lieu of layoff, appointment change to accept layoff option, non-perm appointment in lieu of layoff, etc.

Bar graph showing Layoff-Related Actions
 

Monthly layoff numbers in this chart may vary from previously posted data due to retroactive activities.

Diversity Profile This data reflects permanent general government state employees only (excludes Higher Education, Legislative, and Judicial employees).

 

 

Categories:

Statewide
% Female

53%

% Persons with Disabilities

4%

% Vietnam Era Veterans

6%

% Veterans with Disabilities

2%

% People of Color

18%

% Persons Over 40

74%

% Black or African American

5%

% Hispanic / Latino

5%

% American Indian / Alaskan Native

2%

% Asian / Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander

7%

% Caucasian

82%

 

 

 

Workforce Measures

This information is based on a roll-up of agencies' HR Management Reports. For additional information, view the full Statewide HRM Reports.

 

 

Measure:

Statewide
Average turnover rate

7.3% FY09


*Executive Branch – general government employees, both permanent and non-permanent (excludes Legislative, Judicial, and Higher Ed employees, emergency firefighters, and work study students).  

 

 

 

 

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