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Environmental Protection Agency

Mission: To protect human health and the environment. The Environmental Protection Agency leads the nation's environmental science, research, education and assessment efforts, runs programs to control and reduce pollution and works with other federal agencies, state and local governments and Native American tribal nations to conduct environmental research and set environmental standards.

Subcomponents

Office for Prevention Pesticides and Toxic Substances (EPA) - Score: 64.4
Office of Administration and Resources Management (EPA) - Score: 65.5
Office of Air and Radiation (EPA) - Score: 66.0
Office of Enforcement Compliance Assurance (EPA) - Score: 57.0
Office of Research and Development (EPA) - Score: 63.7
Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (EPA) - Score: 65.5
Office of the Administrator (EPA) - Score: 62.1
Office of Water (EPA) - Score: 65.6
OGC - OIG - CFO - Offices of International Affairs and Environmental Information (EPA) - Score: 65.7
Region 1 - Boston (EPA) - Score: 77.8
Region 10 - Seattle (EPA) - Score: 73.1
Region 2 - New York (EPA) - Score: 71.9
Region 3 - Philadelphia (EPA) - Score: 77.9
Region 4 - Atlanta (EPA) - Score: 63.5
Region 5 - Chicago (EPA) - Score: 69.2
Region 6 - Dallas (EPA) - Score: 73.3
Region 7 - Kansas City (EPA) - Score: 69.6
Region 8 - Denver (EPA) - Score: 73.2
Region 9 - San Francisco (EPA) - Score: 75.8
All Other Components (EPA) - Score: 68.2

Scores and Rankings

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Index Score	Score	Rank of 33
	67.9	12
Best in Class Scores	Score	Rank (out of varied totals)
Employee Skills/Mission Match	77.6	20 of 30
Strategic Management	56.7	18 of 30
Teamwork	66.1	11 of 30
Effective Leadership	55.8	14 of 30
Effective Leadership - Empowerment	51.3	10 of 30
Effective Leadership - Fairness	51.8	19 of 30
Effective Leadership - Leaders	48.5	17 of 30
Effective Leadership - Supervisors	67.2	9 of 30
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement	49.3	9 of 30
Training and Development	60.0	16 of 30
Support for Diversity	59.7	14 of 31
Pay	68.0	5 of 30
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits	48.6	5 of 30
Work/Life Balance	61.1	17 of 30

Index Score	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
	68.8	68.2	65.5	67.8	62.9
Best in Class Scores	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
Employee Skills/Mission Match	77.3	78.8	77.6	77.8	77.9
Strategic Management	56.3	58.6	56.2	57.0	56.2
Teamwork	65.3	73.0	71.0	71.2	65.0
Effective Leadership	55.0	53.9	52.0	53.3	49.8
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement	49.6	52.4	48.7	51.6	45.7
Training and Development	60.4	62.5	60.6	62.5	57.4
Support for Diversity	59.1	64.4	61.3	64.1	64.2
Pay	73.2	70.6	70.4
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits	51.0
Work/Life Balance	62.1	64.3	63.1	64.9	66.9

Previous Years

Best in Class Scores	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
Employee Skills/Mission Match	77.3	78.8	77.6	77.8	77.9
Strategic Management	56.3	58.6	56.2	57.0	56.2
Teamwork	65.3	73.0	71.0	71.2	65.0
Effective Leadership	55.0	53.9	52.0	53.3	49.8
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement	49.6	52.4	48.7	51.6	45.7
Training and Development	60.4	62.5	60.6	62.5	57.4
Support for Diversity	59.1	64.4	61.3	64.1	64.2
Pay	73.2	70.6	70.4
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits	51.0
Work/Life Balance	62.1	64.3	63.1	64.9	66.9

2010

Scores by Demographic	Score	Rank (out of varied totals)
Female	70.3	10 of 30
Male	69.5	11 of 30
40 and over	68.7	11 of 30
Under 40	75.1	7 of 30
Asian	73.4	11 of 30
Black or African-American	67.7	14 of 30
Hispanic or Latino	67.7	12 of 30
Multi-racial	62.0	10 of 30
White	71.0	10 of 30
American Indian or Native American	66.1	4 of 19

Scores by Demographic	2010	2009
Female	70.5	63.7
Male	70.1	68.0
40 and over	69.1	68.0
Under 40	76.2	68.5
Asian	70.5	69.8
Black or African-American	68.8	56.6
Hispanic or Latino	70.5	69.4
Multi-racial	57.6	67.1
White	71.6	73.0
American Indian or Native American	68.2	67.8

Previous Years

Scores by Demographic	2010	2009
Female	70.5	63.7
Male	70.1	68.0
40 and over	69.1	68.0
Under 40	76.2	68.5
Asian	70.5	69.8
Black or African-American	68.8	56.6
Hispanic or Latino	70.5	69.4
Multi-racial	57.6	67.1
White	71.6	73.0
American Indian or Native American	68.2	67.8

Staff/Manager Alignment

Score: -4

Less Aligned / More Satisfied: Agencies in this group have Best Places Index scores that exceed government-wide norms, but less-than-normal alignment between staff and managers on key workforce issues. Despite good scores on the Best Places index, agencies in this group should therefore examine the areas of high disconnect between staff and managers.

Trends

Index Scores	Best in Class Scores

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Year	Environmental Protection Agency Index Score	Large Agency High Performing Average	Large Agency Average Index Score	Large Agency Low Performing Average
2003	62.9	65.0	60.8	55.9
2005	67.8	72.4	62.4	51.4
2007	65.5	71.8	61.7	50.6
2009	68.2	73.8	64.1	55.4
2010	68.8	78.6	66.5	57.6
2011	67.9	78.5	65.3	56.2

Comparative Data — Large Agency Averages

High Performing Average Scores	2003	2005	2007	2009	2010	2011
High Performing Average - Employee Skills	80.7	80.6	80.7	83.0	81.6	82.4
High Performing Average - Management	62.1	63.9	62.4	64.0	64.6	66.6
High Performing Average - Teamwork	71.6	76.5	75.9	77.6	73.3	75.0
High Performing Average - Leadership	54.9	59.7	59.4	61.7	63.9	66.3
High Performing Average - Rewards and Advancement	50.5	53.5	53.3	56.3	56.8	58.0
High Performing Average - Training and Development	63.7	68.2	66.7	68.8	69.6	70.9
High Performing Average - Support for Diversity	67.0	67.4	66.7	68.8	66.4	72.0
High Performing Average - Pay			71.3	71.7	75.2	73.2
High Performing Average - Family Friendly					54.9	53.6
High Performing Average - Work/Life Balance	69.5	70.0	69.5	69.4	68.1	70.4

Average Index Scores	2003	2005	2007	2009	2010	2011
Average for Employee Skills	78.1	77.4	77.5	78.9	78.1	78.1
Average for Management	58.1	56.8	56.1	57.8	56.6	57.5
Average for Teamwork	68.3	71.3	70.7	71.7	65.7	66.5
Average for Leadership	49.9	51.3	51.3	53.3	55.0	55.8
Average for Rewards and Advancement	44.4	44.7	45.1	46.8	47.5	47.2
Average for Training and Development	57.5	59.9	58.6	60.7	59.9	60.2
Average for Support for Diversity	61.3	59.1	58.3	60.7	57.5	59.3
Average for Pay			64.4	63.6	67.1	62.8
Average for Family Friendly					41.3	38.8
Average for Work/Life Balance	64.4	63.7	64.4	62.7	61.5	61.1

Low Performing Average Score	2003	2005	2007	2009	2010	2011
Low Performing Average - Employee Skills	74.9	73.3	72.8	75.7	73.7	73.7
Low Performing Average - Management	53.9	49.4	49.1	50.9	50.0	50.2
Low Performing Average - Teamwork	65.4	66.9	66.0	67.2	60.2	60.0
Low Performing Average - Leadership	46.3	43.6	43.4	46.5	48.5	49.0
Low Performing Average - Rewards and Advancement	39.3	36.6	36.6	40.1	40.8	38.8
Low Performing Average - Training and Development	51.4	50.3	49.0	53.4	49.8	51.0
Low Performing Average - Support for Diversity	57.6	52.5	51.1	54.4	51.2	51.2
Low Performing Average - Pay			56.6	56.2	58.3	56.1
Low Performing Average - Family Friendly					30.3	26.8
Low Performing Average - Work/Life Balance	59.7	56.3	59.7	55.6	55.3	53.8

Workforce Size and Trends

Number of Employees

2,722

The number of mission-criticial jobs the Environmental Protection Agency is expected to hire by the end of September 2012. Learn More at Where the Jobs Are 2009 »

Number of Employees in 2001: 16,721

Number of Employees in 2002: 16,776

Number of Employees in 2003: 16,944

Number of Employees in 2004: 16,690

Number of Employees in 2005: 16,669

Number of Employees in 2006: 16,430

Number of Employees in 2007: 16,206

Number of Employees in 2008: 16,221

Number of Employees in 2009: 16,456

Employees joined (2010): 788

Percentage joined (2010): 4.70%

Average joined (2005-2010): 696

Employees left (2010): 589

Percentage left (2010): 3.50%

Average left (2005-2010): 736

Rookie ratio (percentage of workforce with less than three years of service): 10.00%

More About the Agency

Headquartered in Washington, D.C.

Other Locations: Regional offices in Boston, MA; New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Atlanta, GA; Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; Kansas City, MO; Denver, CO; San Francisco, CA and Seattle, WA, plus 16 laboratories nationwide.

http://www.epa.gov/

Demographics source: FedScope, OPM

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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