Best Places to Work in the Federal Governement

Scores by Pay

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The pay category measures how satisfied employees are with their pay. Due to changes in the survey format, the scores for 2003 and 2005 cannot be accurately compared in this category.

Rank Agency 2011 2010 % Change
1 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 83.3 No data 0.00Change arrow
2 Nuclear Regulatory Commission 74.6 80.8 -7.70Change arrow
3 National Aeronautics and Space Administration 70.7 74.7 -5.40Change arrow
4 Office of Personnel Management 69.2 72.8 -4.90Change arrow
5 Environmental Protection Agency 68.0 73.2 -7.10Change arrow
6 General Services Administration 66.8 74.7 -10.50Change arrow
7 Department of State 65.8 71.2 -7.60Change arrow
8 Small Business Administration 65.2 70.2 -7.10Change arrow
9 Social Security Administration 64.5 72.1 -10.60Change arrow
10 Department of Education 64.4 70.0 -8.10Change arrow
10 Department of Transportation 64.4 65.7 -2.00Change arrow
12 Department of Energy 64.2 70.7 -9.10Change arrow
13 Department of Commerce 63.7 68.7 -7.30Change arrow
13 Department of Justice 63.7 66.5 -4.20Change arrow
15 Department of Housing and Urban Development 63.1 68.5 -7.90Change arrow
16 Office of the Secretary of Defense, Joint Staff, Defense Agencies, and Department of Defense Field Activities 60.5 No data 0.00Change arrow
17 Department of Labor 59.9 68.2 -12.20Change arrow
18 Department of the Interior 59.7 65.8 -9.20Change arrow
18 Department of the Treasury 59.7 63.8 -6.40Change arrow
20 Department of Health and Human Services 59.6 65.0 -8.30Change arrow
21 Department of Agriculture 59.0 65.7 -10.10Change arrow
22 Department of the Army 58.6 61.8 -5.10Change arrow
23 Department of the Air Force 58.3 63.5 -8.20Change arrow
24 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 58.2 59.9 -2.80Change arrow
24 Department of the Navy 58.2 61.9 -6.10Change arrow
26 U.S. Agency for International Development 57.9 66.6 -13.00Change arrow
27 Securities and Exchange Commission 57.8 70.1 -17.60Change arrow
28 Department of Homeland Security 56.8 60.2 -5.70Change arrow
29 National Archives and Records Administration 54.7 56.6 -3.30Change arrow
30 Department of Veterans Affairs 53.3 53.2 0.20Change arrow
No data Government Accountability Office 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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