Civilian Employee Demographics
Total Civilian Strength
-- There are 142,335 civilian employees; 76.3 percent are "white collar" and 23.7 percent are "blue collar"
Citizenship
-- 133,034 of the civilians are U.S. citizens including U.S. nationals (9,643 are Air Force Reserve Technicians); 9,297 are foreign; four are other non-U.S. employees in the United States or a U.S. territory
Age
-- The average age of civilians is 46.5 years
Length of Service
-- The average length of service of civilians is 15.9 years
Gender
-- 34.4 percent of civilians are female; 65.7 percent are male
Race/Ethnic Group
The following percentages cover self-reported Air Force civilian employees' racial and ethnic information. Air Force civilians continue to report using previous categories.
-- 70.8 percent are Caucasian
-- 11.4 percent are African American
-- 7.2 percent are Hispanic
-- 6 percent are another minority
-- 4.6 percent are not reported
Overseas
-- 10.9 percent of civilians are assigned overseas (15,533); 40.2 percent are U.S. citizens including U.S. nationals; 59.8 percent are local nationals
Education
White Collar
-- 42.6 percent have a college degree; 15.7 percent have a master's degree and 1.6 percent have a doctorate. 25.6 percent have accumulated hours toward a bachelor's degree; 9.7 percent have an associate's degree or equivalent; 24.8 percent have at least a high school education; 5.2 percent have less than a high school diploma
Blue Collar
-- 4.4 percent have a college degree; 0.3 percent have a master's degree; 27.6 percent have accumulated hours toward a bachelor's degree; 9.6 percent have an associate's degree or equivalent; 56.1 percent have at least a high school education or equivalent; 11.3 percent have less than a high school diploma
Developmental Education
-- 10,011 civilians have completed one or more military schools; 4,213 have completed Squadron Officer School; 4,212 have completed intermediate developmental education; 1,586 have completed senior developmental education
Executive-Level Training
-- 487 employees have completed executive-level training; 41 Congressional Fellowship Programs; 385 Executive and Senior Leadership; 39 Public Administration graduate school; 22 Management graduate school.
More information can be found online at http://www.afpc.randolph.af.mil/demographics/.
