Department of Personnel Administration
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About the State Workforce

Employee Counts 1

Year Rank & File Excluded from Bargaining Exempt from Civil Service Seasonal Total
2009 192,600 35,611 1,216 7,905 237,332

The State Controller's website provides State employee demographics and 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: 358,712 2

Footnotes

1. Employee counts provided courtesy of State Controller's Office, "Unit Profiles" database as of 11-30-2009. 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 2009-2010, from Schedule 6 of Governor's 2009-2010 Proposed Budget Summary.

Updated August 26, 2011 at 12:29 PM.