Employment Statistics

There are 6,461 authorized positions.
There are approximately 6,646 total positions (including grant-funded positions).
There were 6,242 regular employees as of Jan. 1, 2013.
The average city employee is 45 years old, with 11.7 years of service.
There are 8.5 employees per 1,000 citizens.
Total citywide turnover (including retirements) for calendar year 2012 was 7.7 percent
Total citywide turnover (without retirements) for calendar year 2012 was 5.6 percent
There is one African-American assistant city manager and five African-American department heads.
There is one Hispanic assistant city manager and two Hispanic department heads.
There is one female assistant city manager and six female department heads.
Women make up 28.6 percent of the total city workforce.
Residency of city employees is as follows:

Fort Worth	3,177	Tarrant County (Without Fort Worth)	1,689
Parker County	400	Tarrant County	4,866
Johnson County	412	Denton County	85
Wise County	57	Dallas County	142
Other Counties	170	Hood County	110

The gender/ethnic composition of the municipal workforce as of Jan. 1, 2013 is as follows:

		African- American	Hispanic	Caucasian	Other	Total
Citywide Totals	Male	10.6 percent	14.9 percent	43.6 percent	2.3 percent	71.4 percent
	Female	7.5 percent	6.9 percent	13.3 percent	0.9 percent	28.6 percent
	Total	18.1 percent	21.8 percent	56.9 percent	3.2 percent	100 percent
General Employees Only	Male	11.3 percent	16.3 percent	29.6 percent	2.4 percent	59.6 percent
	Female	11.3 percent	10.4 percent	17.5 percent	1.2 percent	40.4 percent
	Total	22.6 percent	26.7 percent	47.1 percent	3.6 percent	100 percent
C.S. Police Only	Male	9.2 percent	14.5 percent	59.3 percent	2.3 percent	85.3 percent
	Female	2.4 percent	2.1 percent	9.8 percent	0.4 percent	14.7 percent
	Total	11.6 percent	16.6 percent	69.1 percent	2.7 percent	100 percent
C.S. Fire Only	Male	10.0 percent	10.7 percent	76.2 percent	1.1 percent	98.0 percent
	Female	0.1 percent	0.0 percent	1.9 percent	0.0 percent	2.0 percent
	Total	10.1 percent	10.7 percent	78.1 percent	1.1 percent	100 percent

There are 462 different job classifications in the city’s classification and pay plan.
There were 341 city-sponsored training courses in 2012 attended by 5,943 participants.
There were 31,805 applicants in 2012 who applied for 423 jobs in the city.

There are 3,809 civilian employees as of January 2013.
The average civilian is 47 years old, with 9.9 years of service.
Women (excluding civil service police and fire employees) make up 45.4 percent of professionals in city government.
Average base pay for civilian employees is $46,835.
Average actual pay for civilian employees — including longevity, overtime, etc. — $49,068.
Calendar Year 2012 turnover for civilians (including retirements) was 9.6 percent.
Calendar Year 2012 turnover for civilians (without retirements) was 8.0 percent.
40.5 percent of Civilian employees live outside of Fort Worth.

There are 1,546 civil service police employees as of January 2013 (including trainees).
The City hired 46 civil service police employees in 2012.
The average civil service police employee is 41 years old, with 13.7 years of service.
There are 228 female civil service police employees as of January 2013.
Average base pay for civil service police is $72,857.
Average actual pay for civil service police employees — including longevity, overtime, etc. — is $80,149.
Calendar year 2012 turnover for civil service police employees (including retirements) was 5.1 percent.
Calendar year 2012 turnover for civil service police employees (without retirements) was 2.6 percent.
There are 2.0 civil service police employees per 1,000 citizens.
58.3 percent of civil service police employees live outside of Fort Worth.

There are 887 civil service fire employees as of January 2013 (including trainees).
The city hired 32 civil service fire employees in 2012.
The average civil service fire employee is 43 years old, with 15.8 years of service.
There are 18 female civil service fire employees as of January 2013.
Average base pay for civil service fire employees is $68,385.
Average actual pay for civil service fire employees — including longevity, overtime, etc.— is $82,233.
Calendar year 2012 turnover for civil service fire employees (including retirements) was 3.4 percent.
Calendar year 2012 turnover for civil service fire employees (without retirements) was 0.4 percent.
There are 1.2 civil service fire employees per 1,000 citizens.
69.9 percent of civil service fire employees live outside of Fort Worth.