Employment Statistics

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Information as of Jan. 1, 2024

Employment-Statistics-2024-Final.pdf(PDF, 178KB)

Total Workforce

• There are 8,165 authorized positions.

• There are approximately 8,246 total positions (including grant-funded positions).

• There were 7,125 regular employees as of Jan. 1, 2024.

• The average city employee is 44 years old, with 10 years of service.

• There are 7.4 employees per 1,000 citizens.

• Total citywide turnover (including retirements) for calendar year 2023 was 14.4 percent.

• Total citywide turnover (without retirements) for calendar year 2023 was 11.8 percent

• There are two African-American assistant city manager and five African-American department heads.

• There is one Hispanic assistant city manager and two Hispanic department head.

• There are three female assistant city managers and six female department heads.

• Women make up 29.9 percent of the total city workforce.

• Residency of city employees is as follows:

o Fort Worth: 2,583

o Tarrant County: 3,956 (1,373 without Fort Worth)

o Parker County: 523

o Johnson County: 427

o Dallas County: 115

o Denton County: 131

o Wise County: 94

o Hood County: 93

o Other Counties: 1786 (including blanks)

 

  • There are 536 different job classifications in the city's classification and pay plan.

  • There were 354 city-sponsored training courses in 2023 attended by 7,069 participants.

  • There were 124,255 applicants in 2023 who applied for 1,633 jobs in the city.

     

  • The gender/ethnic composition of the municipal workforce as of Jan. 1, 2024, is as follows:

The Gender/Ethnic Composition of the Municipal Workforce 

 Updated: Jan. 1, 2024

African-
American
Hispanic Caucasian Other Total
Citywide Totals Male 10.2 percent 18.8 percent 36.9 percent 4.3 percent 70.1 percent
Female 67.1 percent 9.2 percent 11.4 percent 2.1 percent 29.9 percent
Total 17.3 percent 28.0 percent 48.3 percent 6.5 percent 100 percent
General Employees Only Male 11.3 percent 19.2 percent 23.6 percent 4.7 percent 58.7 percent
Female 10.6 percent 12.8percent 14.8 percent 3.0 percent 41.3 percent
Total 21.9 percent 32.1 percent 48.4 percent 7.7 percent 100 percent
C.S. Police Only Male 8.3 percent 21.7 percent 52.0 percent 4.1 percent 86.1 percent
Female 1.4 percent 4.3 percent 7.3 percent 0.8 percent 13.9 percent
Total 9.8 percent 26.0 percent 59.4 percent 4.9 percent 100 percent
C.S. Fire Only Male 8.2 percent 11.5 percent 73.0 percent 3.1 percent 95.8 percent
Female 0.7 percent 0.7 percent 2.3 percent 0.4 percent 4.2 percent
Total 9.0 percent 12.2 percent 75.3 percent 3.5 percent 100 percent

 

 

Civilians

There are 4,504 civilian employees as of Jan. 1, 2024.

  • The average civilian is 46 years old, with 8 years of service.

  • Women (excluding civil service police and fire employees) make up 41.3 percent of professionals in city government.

  • Average base pay for civilian employees is $65,836

  • Average actual pay for civilian employees — including longevity, overtime, etc. — $64,633.

  • Calendar Year 2023 turnover for civilians (including retirements) was 19.9% percent.

  • Calendar Year 2023 turnover for civilians (without retirements) was 17.1% percent.

  • 43.6 percent of civilian employees live outside of Fort Worth.

     

Civil Service Police

  • There are 1745 civil service police employees as of Jan. 1, 2023 (including trainees).

  • The city hired 117 civil service police employees in 2023.

  • The average civil service police employee is 42 years old, with 13 years of service.

  • There are 231 female civil service police employees as of January 2024.

  • Average base pay for civil service police is $95,455.

  • Average actual pay for civil service police employees — including longevity, overtime, etc. — is $104,186.

  • Calendar year 2023 turnover for civil service police employees (including retirements) was 8.2 percent.

  • Calendar year 2023 turnover for civil service police employees (without retirements) was 5.2 percent.

  • There are 1.7 civil service police employees per 1,000 citizens.

  • 59.8 percent of civil service police employees live outside of Fort Worth.

     

Civil Service Fire

• There are 960 civil service fire employees as of Jan. 1, 2024.

• The city hired 58 civil service fire employees in 2023.

• The average civil service fire employee is 43 years old, with 15 years of service.

• There are 40 female civil service fire employees as of January 2024.

• Average base pay for civil service fire employees is $95,678.

• Average actual pay for civil service fire employees — including longevity, overtime, etc. — is $124,821.

• Calendar year 2023 turnover for civil service fire employees (including retirements) was 3.2 percent.

• Calendar year 2023 turnover for civil service fire employees (without retirements) was 0.7 percent.

• There are 1.0 civil service fire employees per 1,000 citizens.

• 72.5 percent of civil service fire employees live outside of Fort Worth.