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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at University of Wisconsin-Madison

A total of 20,893 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at University of Wisconsin-Madison. By employment type, there are 18,115 full-time and 2,778 part-time faculty and staffs. By gender, 11,384 female and 9,509 male employees are working at Wisconsin-Madison.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 5,039, which is 24.12% of total employees. On average, 18 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 778 Librarians, 1,113 management occupation, 3,725 computer/engineering, and 1,426 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 14,879 white (71.22%), 591 black (2.83%), and 1,527 asian (7.31%) employees working at Wisconsin-Madison. A total of 1,029 non-resident alien employees work at Wisconsin-Madison.

Next tables summarize the number of staffs by gender, race/ethnicity, occupation, and faculty status.

Occupation Gender Race/Ethnicity Non-resident Alien
Faculty & Staffs by Occupation and Working Status at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Staff CategoryTotalFull-timePart-time
All Staffs20,893 18,115 2,778
Postsecondary Teachers6,602 5,213 1,389
Instructional staff5,039 3,852 1,187
Research1,502 1,317 185
Public service61 44 17
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support778 688 90
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists211 199 12
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians34 31 3
Librarians112 109 3
Library Technicians65 59 6
Other teaching and Instructional Support567 489 78
Management1,113 1,100 13
Business and Financial Operations2,102 1,973 129
Computer, Engineering, and Science3,725 3,304 421
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media2,241 1,883 358
Healthcare Practioners and Technical768 655 113
Service Occupations1,426 1,358 68
Sales and Related Occupations14 14 -
Office and Administrative Support1,412 1,249 163
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance566 548 18
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving146 130 16
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs20,893 11,384 9,509
Postsecondary Teachers6,602 2,955 3,647
Instructional staff5,039 2,298 2,741
Research1,502 619 883
Public service61 38 23
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support778 590 188
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists211 148 63
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians34 19 15
Librarians112 85 27
Library Technicians65 44 21
Other teaching and Instructional Support567 442 125
Management1,113 640 473
Business and Financial Operations2,102 1,546 556
Computer, Engineering, and Science3,725 1,769 1,956
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media2,241 1,590 651
Healthcare Practioners and Technical768 571 197
Service Occupations1,426 595 831
Sales and Related Occupations14 8 6
Office and Administrative Support1,412 1,091 321
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance566 15 551
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving146 14 132
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at University of Wisconsin-Madison
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs20,893 801,527591 1,0571114,879 2981,421
Postsecondary Teachers6,602 19695134 22534,063 84625
Instructional staff5,039 16552119 18233,439 69470
Research1,502 214114 420571 14155
Public service61 121 1053 10
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support778 23218 241654 928
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists211 1103 50176 39
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians34 020 2026 12
Librarians112 152 2095 25
Library Technicians65 031 1055 02
Other teaching and Instructional Support567 12215 191478 619
Management1,113 34644 390933 1829
Business and Financial Operations2,102 610656 8711,764 2745
Computer, Engineering, and Science3,725 1326870 15422,729 56249
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media2,241 25107111 12931,704 4897
Healthcare Practioners and Technical768 2279 220569 8114
Service Occupations1,426 3167104 2880680 14140
Sales and Related Occupations14 000 1011 02
Office and Administrative Support1,412 57131 6511,155 2653
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance566 278 160499 826
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving146 016 70118 013
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs1,029 420 609
Postsecondary Teachers754 270 484
Instructional staff189 78 111
Research563 190 373
Public service2 2 0
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support10 9 1
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists4 4 0
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians1 1 0
Librarians0 0 0
Library Technicians3 3 0
Other teaching and Instructional Support6 5 1
Management1 0 1
Business and Financial Operations10 7 3
Computer, Engineering, and Science184 91 93
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media17 11 6
Healthcare Practioners and Technical17 14 3
Service Occupations30 14 16
Sales and Related Occupations0 0 0
Office and Administrative Support5 4 1
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance0 0 0
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving1 0 1

Employment Status

According to the IPEDS, Full-time staff and Part-time staff is determined by the institution. The type of appointment at the snapshot date determines whether an employee is full time or part time. The employee\s term of contract is not considered in making the determination of full or part time. Casual employees (hired on an ad-hoc basis or occasional basis to meet short-term needs) and students in the College Work-Study Program (CWS) are not considered part-time staff.