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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Washington University in St Louis

A total of 20,568 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Washington University in St Louis. By employment type, there are 18,481 full-time and 2,087 part-time faculty and staffs. By gender, 13,512 female and 7,056 male employees are working at WUSTL.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 2,356, which is 11.45% of total employees. On average, 7 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 261 Librarians, 1,568 management occupation, 2,860 computer/engineering, and 2,111 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 14,084 white (68.48%), 2,547 black (12.38%), and 2,234 asian (10.86%) employees working at WUSTL. A total of 384 non-resident alien employees work at WUSTL.

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 Washington University in St Louis
Staff CategoryTotalFull-timePart-time
All Staffs20,568 18,481 2,087
Postsecondary Teachers5,283 4,572 711
Instructional staff2,356 1,895 461
Research1,218 1,163 55
Public service1,709 1,514 195
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support261 173 88
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists92 86 6
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians24 19 5
Librarians68 67 1
Other teaching and Instructional Support169 87 82
Management1,568 1,545 23
Business and Financial Operations1,687 1,631 56
Computer, Engineering, and Science2,860 2,612 248
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media657 557 100
Healthcare Practioners and Technical2,706 2,217 489
Service Occupations2,111 1,936 175
Sales and Related Occupations13 13 -
Office and Administrative Support3,068 2,882 186
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance279 273 6
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving75 70 5
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Washington University in St Louis
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs20,568 13,512 7,056
Postsecondary Teachers5,283 2,243 3,040
Instructional staff2,356 924 1,432
Research1,218 521 697
Public service1,709 798 911
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support261 189 72
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists92 65 27
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians24 14 10
Librarians68 51 17
Other teaching and Instructional Support169 124 45
Management1,568 1,064 504
Business and Financial Operations1,687 1,348 339
Computer, Engineering, and Science2,860 1,479 1,381
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media657 464 193
Healthcare Practioners and Technical2,706 2,308 398
Service Occupations2,111 1,641 470
Sales and Related Occupations13 10 3
Office and Administrative Support3,068 2,707 361
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance279 17 262
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving75 42 33
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at Washington University in St Louis
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs20,568 372,2342,547 6591914,084 323281
Postsecondary Teachers5,283 61,144209 20783,281 66115
Instructional staff2,356 4370126 9201,685 3628
Research1,218 142433 481449 1325
Public service1,709 135050 6771,147 1762
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support261 11513 70217 53
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists92 035 0082 02
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians24 000 0023 01
Librarians68 035 0059 01
Other teaching and Instructional Support169 1128 70135 51
Management1,568 446139 4131,304 2011
Business and Financial Operations1,687 363217 5201,311 317
Computer, Engineering, and Science2,860 3661184 9211,726 5035
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media657 01786 210513 108
Healthcare Practioners and Technical2,706 2110212 5432,246 3142
Service Occupations2,111 2104651 9721,172 4826
Sales and Related Occupations13 103 008 01
Office and Administrative Support3,068 967774 8512,036 5631
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance279 4648 31213 31
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving75 2111 0057 31
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Washington University in St Louis
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs384 199 185
Postsecondary Teachers247 115 132
Instructional staff15 8 7
Research224 103 121
Public service8 4 4
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support0 0 0
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists0 0 0
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians0 0 0
Librarians0 0 0
Other teaching and Instructional Support0 0 0
Management0 0 0
Business and Financial Operations3 2 1
Computer, Engineering, and Science108 64 44
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media2 0 2
Healthcare Practioners and Technical6 5 1
Service Occupations9 7 2
Sales and Related Occupations0 0 0
Office and Administrative Support9 6 3
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance0 0 0
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving0 0 0

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.