Department of Personnel Administration

About the State Workforce

Employee Counts 1

Year Rank & File Excluded from Bargaining Exempt from Civil Service Seasonal Total
2007 189,290 34,678 1,040 10,315 235,323

The State Controller's website provides current employee counts by department/facility (28 KB PDF) and by county (13 KB PDF).

Total "personnel years," including all three branches (executive, legislative, judicial) and University of California and California State University systems: 340,120 2

Footnotes

1. Employee counts provided courtesy of State Controller's Office, "Unit Profiles" database as of 06-30-2007. 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 2006-2007, from Schedule 6 of Governor's 2007-2008 Proposed Budget Summary.

Updated March 17, 2008 at 2:39 PM.

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