A Summary Report on Full-time Equivalent State Employees for the Quarter Ending May 31, 2012
August 2012
Report Number 12-707
Overall Conclusion
As of the end of the third quarter of fiscal year 2012, the State employed 311,126.6 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees. That was a decrease of 6,145.0 FTEs (1.9 percent) since the end of the third quarter of fiscal year 2011, when the State employed 317,271.6 FTEs. That information does not include vacant positions or take into account the elimination of vacant positions.
It is important to note that agencies and higher education institutions self-reported the FTE data presented in this report, and the State Auditor's Office did not independently verify that data.
Information on agencies and higher education institutions was as follows:
- Agency FTEs. As of the end of the third quarter of fiscal year 2012, agencies reported that they employed 147,068.2 FTEs. That was a decrease of 6,003.6 (3.9 percent) FTEs since the end of the third quarter of fiscal year 2011 (see Chapters 1 and 2 of this report for additional information).
- Higher Education Institution FTEs. As of the end of the third quarter of fiscal year 2012, higher education institutions reported that they employed 164,058.4 FTEs. That was a decrease of 141.4 (0.1 percent) FTEs since the end of the third quarter of fiscal year 2011 (see Chapter 3 of this report for additional information).
In addition to reporting total FTEs, the higher education institutions also reported FTEs for administrators, faculty, and other staff as of the end of the third quarter of fiscal year 2012. As of the end of the third quarter of fiscal year 2012, higher education institutions reported that they employed:
- 2,558.2 administrators. That was an increase of 8.9 (0.3 percent) FTEs since the end of the third quarter of fiscal year 2011.
- 33,306.6 faculty. That was an increase of 336.4 (1.0 percent) FTEs since the end of the third quarter of fiscal year 2011.
- 127,669.6 other staff. That was a decrease of 579.8 (0.5 percent) FTEs since the end of the third quarter of fiscal year 2011.
Higher education institutions were unable to reconcile an additional 524.0 FTEs as of the reporting date.
See Chapter 4 of this report for additional information.