Best Places to Work in the Federal Governement

Scores by Employee Skills/Mission Match

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The employee skill/mission match category measures the extent to which employees feel that their skills and talents are used effectively. Furthermore, it assesses the level to which employees get satisfaction from their work and understand how their jobs are relevant to the organizational mission.

Rank Agency 2011 2010 % Change
1 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 85.4 No data 0.00Change arrow
2 Nuclear Regulatory Commission 82.6 83.7 -1.30Change arrow
3 Social Security Administration 82.0 81.3 0.80Change arrow
4 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 81.2 80.2 1.30Change arrow
5 Department of Veterans Affairs 80.7 81.7 -1.20Change arrow
6 Department of State 80.3 80.6 -0.40Change arrow
7 National Aeronautics and Space Administration 80.0 80.7 -0.90Change arrow
8 Office of Personnel Management 79.8 79.3 0.60Change arrow
9 Department of the Army 79.6 80.0 -0.50Change arrow
10 Department of the Treasury 79.4 79.2 0.20Change arrow
11 Department of the Navy 79.1 78.9 0.20Change arrow
12 Department of Justice 78.8 79.1 -0.50Change arrow
13 Department of the Interior 78.7 79.0 -0.40Change arrow
14 Department of Agriculture 78.5 77.0 1.90Change arrow
15 Department of Commerce 78.3 77.9 0.50Change arrow
16 Department of the Air Force 78.2 79.1 -1.10Change arrow
17 Department of Transportation 78.1 78.2 -0.10Change arrow
18 Department of Health and Human Services 78.0 79.1 -1.30Change arrow
19 General Services Administration 77.9 78.4 -0.60Change arrow
20 Environmental Protection Agency 77.6 77.3 0.50Change arrow
21 Small Business Administration 77.2 75.6 2.10Change arrow
22 Department of Labor 76.6 76.5 0.20Change arrow
23 Office of the Secretary of Defense, Joint Staff, Defense Agencies, and Department of Defense Field Activities 76.1 No data 0.00Change arrow
24 National Archives and Records Administration 75.2 76.4 -1.60Change arrow
25 U.S. Agency for International Development 74.2 77.4 -4.20Change arrow
25 Department of Energy 74.2 75.5 -1.80Change arrow
27 Securities and Exchange Commission 74.1 73.6 0.70Change arrow
28 Department of Homeland Security 73.9 74.1 -0.20Change arrow
29 Department of Education 73.8 73.0 1.20Change arrow
30 Department of Housing and Urban Development 72.7 72.4 0.40Change 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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