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Employment Statistics

Total Workforce

There are 7,664 authorized positions.
There are approximately 7,627 total positions (including grant-funded positions).
There were 6,881 regular employees as of Jan. 1, 2020.
The average city employee is 45 years old, with 11 years of service.
There are 7.6 employees per 1,000 citizens.
Total citywide turnover (including retirements) for calendar year 2019 was 12.3 percent.
Total citywide turnover (without retirements) for calendar year 2019 was 10.1 percent.
There is one African-American assistant city manager and six African-American department heads.
There are two Hispanic assistant city managers and one Hispanic department head.
There are one female assistant city managers and nine female department heads.
Women make up 29.2 percent of the total city workforce.
Residency of city employees is as follows:
- Fort Worth: 3,390
- Tarrant County: 5,136 (1,746 without Fort Worth)
- Parker County: 564
- Johnson County: 435
- Dallas County: 158
- Denton County: 138
- Wise County: 88
- Hood County: 101
- Other Counties: 231
The gender/ethnic composition of the municipal workforce as of Jan. 1, 2020, is as follows:

There are 513 different job classifications in the city's classification and pay plan.
There were 542 city-sponsored training courses in 2019 attended by 9,606 participants.
There were 69,721 applicants in 2019 who applied for 1,096 jobs in the city.

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Updated: Jan. 1, 2020

		African- American	Hispanic	Caucasian	Other	Total
Citywide Totals	Male	10.2 percent	16.7 percent	40.4 percent	3.5 percent	70.8 percent
	Female	7.2 percent	7.7 percent	12.5 percent	1.8 percent	29.2 percent
	Total	17.4 percent	24.4 percent	52.9 percent	5.3 percent	100 percent
General Employees Only	Male	11.3 percent	17.3 percent	26.4 percent	3.7 percent	58.7 percent
	Female	10.8 percent	11.3 percent	16.5 percent	2.7 percent	41.3 percent
	Total	22.1 percent	28.6 percent	42.9 percent	6.4 percent	100 percent
C.S. Police Only	Male	8.5 percent	18.4 percent	56.4 percent	3.6 percent	86.9 percent
	Female	1.7 percent	2.6 percent	8.3 percent	0.6 percent	13.1 percent
	Total	10.2 percent	21 percent	64.7 percent	4.2percent	100 percent
C.S. Fire Only	Male	7.9 percent	10.4 percent	77.4 percent	2.0 percent	97.7 percent
	Female	0.2 percent	0.2 percent	1.6 percent	0.3 percent	2.3 percent
	Total	8.1 percent	10.6 percent	79.0 percent	2.3 percent	100 percent

There are 513 different job classifications in the city's classification and pay plan.
There were 542 city-sponsored training courses in 2019 attended by 9,606 participants.
There were 69,721 applicants in 2019 who applied for 1,096 jobs in the city.

There are 4,299 civilian employees as of Jan. 1, 2020.

The average civilian is 46 years old, with 9 years of service.
Women (excluding civil service police and fire employees) make up 41.6 percent of professionals in city government.
Average base pay for civilian employees is $55,798.
Average actual pay for civilian employees — including longevity, overtime, etc. — $56,016.
Calendar Year 2019 turnover for civilians (including retirements) was 17.9 percent.
Calendar Year 2019 turnover for civilians (without retirements) was 15.5 percent.
42.7 percent of civilian employees live outside of Fort Worth.

There are 1,684 civil service police employees as of Jan. 1, 2020 (including trainees).
The city hired 89 civil service police employee in 2019.
The average civil service police employee is 42 years old, with 13.6 years of service.
There are 221 female civil service police employees as of January 2020.
Average base pay for civil service police is $85,560.
Average actual pay for civil service police employees — including longevity, overtime, etc. — is $93,710.
Calendar year 2019 turnover for civil service police employees (including retirements) was 3.3 percent.
Calendar year 2019 turnover for civil service police employees (without retirements) was 1.9 percent.
There are 1.9 civil service police employees per 1,000 residents.
59.4 percent of civil service police employees live outside of Fort Worth.

There are 901 civil service fire employees as of Jan. 1, 2020.
The city hired 47 civil service fire employees in 2019.
The average civil service fire employee is 43 years old, with 15.5 years of service.
There are 21 female civil service fire employees as of January 2020.
Average base pay for civil service fire employees is $81,914.
Average actual pay for civil service fire employees — including longevity, overtime, etc.— is $101,651.
Calendar year 2019 turnover for civil service fire employees (including retirements) was 2.7 percent.
Calendar year 2019 turnover for civil service fire employees (without retirements) was 0.5 percent.
There are 1.0 civil service fire employees per 1,000 citizens.
72.3 percent of civil service fire employees live outside of Fort Worth.