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Employment Statistics

Total Workforce

There are 7,877 authorized positions.
There are approximately 7,913 total positions (including grant-funded positions).
There were 6,822 regular employees as of Jan. 1, 2023.
The average city employee is 45 years old, with 11 years of service.
There are 7.3 employees per 1,000 citizens.
Total citywide turnover (including retirements) for calendar year 2022 was 16.6%.
Total citywide turnover (without retirements) for calendar year 2022 was 13.7%.
There are two African American assistant city managers and four African American department heads.
There is one Hispanic assistant city manager andtwo Hispanic department heads.
There are three female assistant city managers and four female department heads.
Women make up 29.3% of the total city workforce.
Residency of city employees is as follows:
- Fort Worth: 3,262
- Tarrant County: 4,800 (1,538 without Fort Worth)
- Parker County: 644
- Johnson County: 585
- Dallas County: 149
- Denton County: 146
- Wise County: 99
- Hood County: 116
- Other counties: 283

There are 521 different job classifications in the city's classification and pay plan.
There were 282 city-sponsored training courses in 2022 attended by 3,473 participants.
There were 99,272 applicants in 2022 who applied for 1,455 jobs in the city.
The gender/ethnic composition of the municipal workforce as of Jan. 1, 2023, is as follows:

Updated: Jan. 1, 2023

		African- American	Hispanic	Caucasian	Other	Total
Citywide Totals	Male	10.1 percent	18.3 percent	38.4 percent	3.9 percent	70.7 percent
	Female	6.8 percent	8.8 percent	11.8 percent	1.9 percent	29.3 percent
	Total	16.9 percent	27.1 percent	50.2 percent	5.8 percent	100 percent
General Employees Only	Male	11.1 percent	19.1 percent	24.5 percent	4.2 percent	58.9 percent
	Female	10.2 percent	12.5 percent	15.6 percent	2.8 percent	41.1 percent
	Total	21.3 percent	31.6 percent	40.1 percent	7.0 percent	100 percent
C.S. Police Only	Male	8.6 percent	20.2 percent	53.5 percent	3.7 percent	85.9 percent
	Female	1.5 percent	4.2 percent	7.7 percent	0.7 percent	14.1 percent
	Total	10.1 percent	24.4 percent	61.2 percent	4.4 percent	100 percent
C.S. Fire Only	Male	8.3 percent	11.5 percent	73.1 percent	3.0 percent	95.9 percent
	Female	0.7 percent	0.7 percent	2.3 percent	0.4 percent	4.1 percent
	Total	9.0 percent	12.2 percent	75.4 percent	3.4 percent	100 percent

There are 4,206 civilian employees as of Jan. 1, 2023.

The average civilian is 46 years old, with 9 years of service.
Women (excluding civil service police and fire employees) make up 41.1 percent of professionals in city government.
Average base pay for civilian employees is $59,028
Average actual pay for civilian employees — including longevity, overtime, etc. — $63,898
Calendar Year 2022 turnover for civilians (including retirements) was 24.0 percent.
Calendar Year 2022 turnover for civilians (without retirements) was 21.0 percent.
44.6 percent of civilian employees live outside of Fort Worth.

There are 1,642 civil service police employees as of Jan. 1, 2023 (including trainees).
The city hired 32 civil service police employees in 2022.
The average civil service police employee is 42 years old, with 15 years of service.
There are 232 female civil service police employees as of January 2023.
Average base pay for civil service police is $91,454.
Average actual pay for civil service police employees — including longevity, overtime, etc. — is $93,989
Calendar year 2022 turnover for civil service police employees (including retirements) was 7.4 percent.
Calendar year 2022 turnover for civil service police employees (without retirements) was 4.4 percent.
There are 1.8 civil service police employees per 1,000 residents.
60.1 percent of civil service police employees live outside of Fort Worth.

There are 974 civil service fire employees as of Jan. 1, 2023.
The city hired 23 civil service fire employees in 2022.
The average civil service fire employee is 42 years old, with 15 years of service.
There are 40 female civil service fire employees as of January 2023.
Average base pay for civil service fire employees is $91,397.
Average actual pay for civil service fire employees — including longevity, overtime, etc.— is $114,080.
Calendar year 2022 turnover for civil service fire employees (including retirements) was 2.9 percent.
Calendar year 2022 turnover for civil service fire employees (without retirements) was 1.0 percent.
There are 1.0 civil service fire employees per 1,000 citizens.
71.7 percent of civil service fire employees live outside of Fort Worth.