Employment Statistics

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Information as of Jan. 1, 2023

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:

The Gender/Ethnic Composition of the Municipal Workforce 

 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

 

 

Civilians

 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.

Civil Service Police

  • 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.

Civil Service Fire

  • 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.