Best Places to Work in the Federal Governement

Scores by Black or African-American

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The demographic categories measure the performance of agencies and agency subcomponents related to employee satisfaction and commitment, according to a given demographic group. Not all agencies have data for demographic groups, due to small sample sizes.

Rank Agency 2011 2010 % Change
1 Nuclear Regulatory Commission 81.8 79.2 3.30Change arrow
2 Government Accountability Office 78.5 77.8 1.00Change arrow
3 National Aeronautics and Space Administration 75.0 74.9 0.20Change arrow
4 Social Security Administration 74.2 73.6 0.80Change arrow
5 Department of Justice 73.5 77.3 -5.00Change arrow
6 Department of the Treasury 72.0 67.3 7.10Change arrow
7 Department of the Air Force 71.9 67.6 6.40Change arrow
8 General Services Administration 71.6 70.8 1.10Change arrow
9 Department of State 70.6 69.9 1.00Change arrow
10 Department of the Interior 69.8 60.1 16.10Change arrow
11 Department of Commerce 69.7 68.3 2.10Change arrow
12 Department of the Navy 69.1 65.8 5.00Change arrow
13 Department of the Army 68.3 66.4 2.80Change arrow
14 Environmental Protection Agency 67.7 68.8 -1.60Change arrow
15 Office of Personnel Management 66.8 66.6 0.30Change arrow
16 Office of the Secretary of Defense, Joint Staff, Defense Agencies, and Department of Defense Field Activities 66.7 No data 0.00Change arrow
16 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 66.7 64.2 4.00Change arrow
18 Department of Agriculture 65.8 62.1 5.90Change arrow
18 Department of Transportation 65.8 67.2 -2.20Change arrow
20 Department of Veterans Affairs 65.3 64.7 0.90Change arrow
21 Department of Health and Human Services 64.7 64.4 0.40Change arrow
22 Securities and Exchange Commission 60.7 61.0 -0.50Change arrow
23 Department of Homeland Security 60.4 62.4 -3.30Change arrow
24 Department of Energy 58.0 57.3 1.40Change arrow
25 Department of Housing and Urban Development 57.6 57.6 -0.10Change arrow
26 U.S. Agency for International Development 57.5 63.8 -10.00Change arrow
27 Department of Labor 57.1 57.6 -0.90Change arrow
27 Department of Education 57.1 55.8 2.30Change arrow
29 Small Business Administration 56.4 56.8 -0.60Change arrow
30 National Archives and Records Administration 50.3 48.3 4.00Change arrow
No data Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation No data No data 0.00Change arrow
No data Intelligence Community No data No data 0.00Change arrow
No data Smithsonian Institution No data No data 0.00Change arrow

No Data No Data No Data No Change

The Best Places to Work rankings — the most comprehensive and authoritative rating of employee satisfaction and commitment in the federal government — are produced by the Partnership for Public Service.

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