Department of Personnel Administration

About the State Workforce

Employee Counts 1

Year Rank & File Excluded from Bargaining Exempt from Civil Service Seasonal Total
2008 193,302 35,194 1,253 7,391 237,140

The State Controller's website provides current employee counts by department/facility (PDF) and by county (PDF).

Total "personnel years," including all three branches (executive, legislative, judicial) and University of California and California State University systems: 356,353 2

Footnotes

1. Employee counts provided courtesy of State Controller's Office, "Unit Profiles" database as of 11-26-2008. Figures reflect number of employees in State of California's Executive Branch, which does not include legislative or judicial branches, nor higher education.

2. Estimated count for FY 2008-2009, from Schedule 6 of Governor's 2008-2009 Proposed Budget Summary.

Updated January 5, 2010 at 3:36 PM.