Best Places to Work in the Federal Governement

Scores by 40 and over

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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 Government Accountability Office 82.1 83.9 -2.10Change arrow
2 Nuclear Regulatory Commission 79.6 81.9 -2.70Change arrow
3 National Aeronautics and Space Administration 74.6 75.6 -1.30Change arrow
4 Department of State 73.1 72.5 0.80Change arrow
5 Social Security Administration 72.7 71.3 2.00Change arrow
6 Department of Justice 71.2 72.9 -2.30Change arrow
7 General Services Administration 70.9 70.3 0.90Change arrow
8 Department of the Treasury 70.8 69.9 1.40Change arrow
9 Department of Commerce 69.7 69.4 0.40Change arrow
10 Office of Personnel Management 69.1 67.1 3.00Change arrow
11 Environmental Protection Agency 68.7 69.1 -0.50Change arrow
12 Department of the Navy 68.1 68.0 0.20Change arrow
13 Department of the Army 67.7 67.5 0.20Change arrow
14 Department of the Air Force 66.4 66.7 -0.30Change arrow
15 Department of Veterans Affairs 66.0 66.6 -0.90Change arrow
16 Department of the Interior 65.1 65.8 -1.10Change arrow
17 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 65.0 61.3 6.10Change arrow
17 Department of Health and Human Services 65.0 66.2 -1.90Change arrow
19 Office of the Secretary of Defense, Joint Staff, Defense Agencies, and Department of Defense Field Activities 63.8 No data 0.00Change arrow
20 Department of Agriculture 63.5 62.7 1.30Change arrow
21 U.S. Agency for International Development 62.0 60.7 2.00Change arrow
22 Department of Labor 61.5 63.3 -2.90Change arrow
23 Department of Energy 60.3 63.2 -4.60Change arrow
24 Department of Education 59.7 58.9 1.30Change arrow
25 Department of Homeland Security 59.4 60.0 -1.10Change arrow
26 Small Business Administration 59.3 58.7 0.90Change arrow
26 Department of Transportation 59.3 59.8 -0.90Change arrow
28 Securities and Exchange Commission 59.2 62.1 -4.70Change arrow
29 Department of Housing and Urban Development 58.8 59.5 -1.20Change arrow
30 National Archives and Records Administration 52.7 57.2 -7.90Change 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

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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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