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dataset: eeo-4
title: EEO-4 State and Local Government Data
description: 'EEO-4 Public Use File (PUF): aggregated state and local government employment that EEOC publishes from the biennial EEO-4 State and Local Government Information report. State and local government agencies with 100 or more employees in the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia report employment totals and median salaries by job category, salary bracket, government type, government function, race/ethnicity, and sex, as of June 30 of the collection year. EEO-4 has been collected biennially in every odd-numbered year since 1993. Each row is an aggregate cell; blank dimension values denote aggregates across that dimension. Counts pass through confidentiality suppression.'
source_table: eeo4_puf
dimensions:
- name: state
label: State
description: 'Two-letter state abbreviation (the 50 states and the District of Columbia); blank denotes an aggregate across states (National). EEO-4 reports at the National and State levels.'
type: geo
- name: emp_type
label: Employment Type
description: 'Employment type of the count: FT (Full Time), PT (Part Time), or NEW (New Hire).'
type: category
- name: type
label: Measure Type
description: 'Type of value reported: "Counts" for an employment value (head count) or "Med Sal" for a median salary.'
type: category
- name: govt_type
label: Government Type
description: 'Type of reporting government: State, County, City, Town, or Special District (may be blank when the record aggregates across government types).'
type: category
- name: year
label: Year
description: 'Survey (reporting) year of the EEO-4 collection. EEO-4 is conducted biennially in odd-numbered years; employment is reported as of June 30 of the collection year.'
type: time
- name: sex
label: Sex
description: 'Sex of the employees in the cell. EEO-4 records two values: Male and Female.'
type: category
- name: bracket
label: Salary Band
description: 'Annual salary bracket (band) into which employees fall, reported in thousands of dollars (for example, 0.1-15.9, 16.0-19.9, and higher ranges up to the top open-ended band). Used to profile pay distribution within job categories.'
type: category
- name: job_cat
label: Job Category
description: 'State and local government job category. EEO-4 uses eight categories: Officials and Administrators, Professionals, Technicians, Protective Service, Para-Professionals, Administrative Support, Skilled Craft, and Service-Maintenance.'
type: category
- name: functcd
label: Government Function
description: 'Government function code identifying the service area of the reporting unit (for example, Financial Administration, Streets and Highways, Public Welfare, Police Protection, Fire Protection, Natural Resources, Hospitals, Health, Housing, Community Development, Corrections, Utilities and Transportation, Sanitation and Sewage, Employment Security, Other, or a jurisdiction aggregate). May be blank when the record aggregates across functions.'
type: code
- name: data_type
label: Race/Ethnicity
description: 'Race/ethnicity of the employees in the cell. EEO-4 uses seven categories, abbreviated in the data as AIAN (American Indian or Alaska Native), Asian, Black or African American, Hispanic, NHOPI (Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander), TOMR (Two or More Races), and White.'
type: category
measures:
- name: value
label: Employee Count
description: 'Numeric value for the cell: an employee head count when Measure Type is "Counts", or a median salary when Measure Type is "Med Sal". Cells are defined by state, employment type, measure type, government type, year, sex, salary band, job category, government function, and race/ethnicity, and reflect confidentiality suppression.'
agg: sum
type: number
metadata:
title: EEO-4 State and Local Government Data
description: 'EEO-4 Public Use File (PUF): aggregated state and local government employment that EEOC publishes from the biennial EEO-4 State and Local Government Information report. State and local government agencies with 100 or more employees in the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia report employment totals and median salaries by job category, salary bracket, government type, government function, race/ethnicity, and sex, as of June 30 of the collection year. EEO-4 has been collected biennially in every odd-numbered year since 1993. Each row is an aggregate cell; blank dimension values denote aggregates across that dimension. Counts pass through confidentiality suppression.'
identifier: https://TODO-set-identifier-base.example.invalid/datasets/eeo-4
publisher: 'TODO: set by data governance (publisher organization legal name)'
contactPoint: TODO-set-contact-email@example.invalid
modified: '2026-06-04'
keyword:
- EEO-4
- state and local government
- public sector
- employment
- race
- ethnicity
- sex
- salary
accessRights: public
accrualPeriodicity: R/P2Y
temporal:
start: '2017-01-01'
end: '2023-12-31'