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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at University of Wisconsin-Madison

A total of 19,579 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at University of Wisconsin-Madison. By employment type, there are 16,882 full-time and 2,697 part-time faculties and staffs. By gender, 10,616 female and 8,963 male employees are working at Wisconsin-Madison.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 4,868, which is 24.86% of total employees. On average, 18 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 749 Librarians, 1,048 management occupation, 3,451 computer/engineering, and 1,298 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 14,184 white (72.44%), 529 black (2.70%), and 1,417 asian (7.24%) employees working at Wisconsin-Madison. A total of 926 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 Staffs19,579 16,882 2,697
Postsecondary Teachers6,336 5,022 1,314
Instructional staff4,868 3,746 1,122
Research1,401 1,221 180
Public service67 55 12
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support749 658 91
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists204 188 16
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians31 27 4
Librarians114 108 6
Library Technicians59 53 6
Other teaching and Instructional Support545 470 75
Management1,048 1,031 17
Business and Financial Operations1,842 1,723 119
Computer, Engineering, and Science3,451 3,042 409
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media2,076 1,722 354
Healthcare Practioners and Technical769 656 113
Service Occupations1,298 1,225 73
Sales and Related Occupations14 14 -
Office and Administrative Support1,343 1,164 179
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance519 507 12
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving134 118 16
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs19,579 10,616 8,963
Postsecondary Teachers6,336 2,824 3,512
Instructional staff4,868 2,210 2,658
Research1,401 572 829
Public service67 42 25
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support749 571 178
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists204 146 58
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians31 20 11
Librarians114 88 26
Library Technicians59 38 21
Other teaching and Instructional Support545 425 120
Management1,048 584 464
Business and Financial Operations1,842 1,351 491
Computer, Engineering, and Science3,451 1,623 1,828
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media2,076 1,463 613
Healthcare Practioners and Technical769 561 208
Service Occupations1,298 543 755
Sales and Related Occupations14 7 7
Office and Administrative Support1,343 1,057 286
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance519 17 502
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving134 15 119
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at University of Wisconsin-Madison
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs19,579 711,417529 935614,184 2561,255
Postsecondary Teachers6,336 18663132 21834,000 77542
Instructional staff4,868 16532122 18133,368 63407
Research1,401 112910 360572 13135
Public service67 120 1060 10
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support749 13713 230639 722
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists204 082 40178 28
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians31 010 2024 12
Librarians114 051 10101 15
Library Technicians59 021 1053 01
Other teaching and Instructional Support545 12911 190461 514
Management1,048 34237 340893 1721
Business and Financial Operations1,842 58844 6911,562 2242
Computer, Engineering, and Science3,451 825265 12912,571 43231
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media2,076 2185111 11111,603 3986
Healthcare Practioners and Technical769 4268 240561 8121
Service Occupations1,298 415482 2620645 11112
Sales and Related Occupations14 000 1011 02
Office and Administrative Support1,343 46628 4701,118 2545
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance519 336 110469 720
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving134 013 60112 011
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs926 388 538
Postsecondary Teachers683 248 435
Instructional staff176 72 104
Research505 174 331
Public service2 2 0
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support7 6 1
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists2 2 0
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians1 1 0
Librarians0 0 0
Library Technicians1 1 0
Other teaching and Instructional Support5 4 1
Management1 0 1
Business and Financial Operations9 6 3
Computer, Engineering, and Science151 81 70
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media19 12 7
Healthcare Practioners and Technical17 14 3
Service Occupations28 14 14
Sales and Related Occupations0 0 0
Office and Administrative Support10 7 3
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.