Best Places to Work in the Federal Governement

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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
9 Office of Personnel Management 74.3 69.5 6.90Change arrow
24 Small Business Administration 63.0 59.7 5.50Change arrow
27 Department of Education 61.1 58.4 4.70Change arrow
23 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 63.3 61.9 2.40Change arrow
16 Department of Agriculture 66.9 65.4 2.30Change arrow
7 Department of Commerce 75.1 73.8 1.90Change arrow
12 Department of the Navy 69.4 68.4 1.50Change arrow
29 National Archives and Records Administration 59.8 58.9 1.40Change arrow
10 Department of Justice 74.0 73.1 1.10Change arrow
5 Department of State 77.1 76.2 1.10Change arrow
13 Department of Health and Human Services 68.5 68.9 -0.60Change arrow
3 General Services Administration 78.4 79.0 -0.70Change arrow
20 Department of Transportation 65.2 65.9 -1.10Change arrow
1 Nuclear Regulatory Commission 84.7 85.7 -1.20Change arrow
15 Department of Veterans Affairs 67.3 68.2 -1.40Change arrow
7 Environmental Protection Agency 75.1 76.2 -1.50Change arrow
4 National Aeronautics and Space Administration 78.1 79.4 -1.70Change arrow
14 Department of the Interior 68.2 69.4 -1.80Change arrow
11 Department of the Treasury 72.9 74.2 -1.80Change arrow
20 Department of Labor 65.2 66.8 -2.40Change arrow
28 Department of Homeland Security 60.9 62.5 -2.60Change arrow
18 Department of the Army 65.9 68.1 -3.30Change arrow
30 Department of Housing and Urban Development 51.4 53.2 -3.40Change arrow
6 Social Security Administration 76.1 79.7 -4.40Change arrow
17 Department of Energy 66.1 69.5 -4.80Change arrow
2 Government Accountability Office 79.9 83.9 -4.80Change arrow
22 Department of the Air Force 64.7 68.2 -5.10Change arrow
25 Securities and Exchange Commission 62.5 67.3 -7.10Change arrow
26 U.S. Agency for International Development 62.4 69.1 -9.70Change arrow
19 Office of the Secretary of Defense, Joint Staff, Defense Agencies, and Department of Defense Field Activities 65.7 No data 0.00Change 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

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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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