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National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Mission: To pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research. Oversees aviation research and conducts exploration and research beyond the earth's atmosphere.

Subcomponents

Ames Research Center (NASA) - Score: 65.1
Dryden Flight Research Center (NASA) - Score: 73.2
George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA) - Score: 71.6
Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA) - Score: 77.1
Headquarters (NASA) - Score: 66.2
John C. Stennis Space Center (NASA) - Score: 80.4
John F. Kennedy Space Center (NASA) - Score: 72.2
John Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field (NASA) - Score: 69.3
Langley Research Center (NASA) - Score: 75.9
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (NASA) - Score: 73.4

Scores and Rankings

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Index Score	Score	Rank of 33
	72.5	5
Best in Class Scores	Score	Rank (out of varied totals)
Employee Skills/Mission Match	80.0	7 of 30
Strategic Management	62.1	5 of 30
Teamwork	75.2	3 of 30
Effective Leadership	67.0	3 of 30
Effective Leadership - Empowerment	61.0	3 of 30
Effective Leadership - Fairness	66.9	3 of 30
Effective Leadership - Leaders	62.3	3 of 30
Effective Leadership - Supervisors	74.8	3 of 30
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement	59.4	3 of 30
Training and Development	72.2	3 of 30
Support for Diversity	71.0	4 of 31
Pay	70.7	3 of 30
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits	53.6	3 of 30
Work/Life Balance	66.4	5 of 30

Index Score	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
	74.2	71.7	69.7	69.9	71.6
Best in Class Scores	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
Employee Skills/Mission Match	80.7	80.8	80.4	79.2	81.8
Strategic Management	63.5	62.8	59.0	59.8	62.8
Teamwork	75.9	80.0	78.2	78.6	75.8
Effective Leadership	67.7	65.1	63.6	63.4	62.3
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement	60.6	59.7	57.7	58.0	56.5
Training and Development	73.9	72.8	70.5	72.0	70.0
Support for Diversity	71.2	71.6	70.3	72.3	72.4
Pay	74.7	71.8	71.6
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits	59.4
Work/Life Balance	67.2	67.3	66.4	67.2	70.3

Previous Years

Best in Class Scores	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
Employee Skills/Mission Match	80.7	80.8	80.4	79.2	81.8
Strategic Management	63.5	62.8	59.0	59.8	62.8
Teamwork	75.9	80.0	78.2	78.6	75.8
Effective Leadership	67.7	65.1	63.6	63.4	62.3
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement	60.6	59.7	57.7	58.0	56.5
Training and Development	73.9	72.8	70.5	72.0	70.0
Support for Diversity	71.2	71.6	70.3	72.3	72.4
Pay	74.7	71.8	71.6
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits	59.4
Work/Life Balance	67.2	67.3	66.4	67.2	70.3

2010

Scores by Demographic	Score	Rank (out of varied totals)
Female	75.4	3 of 30
Male	74.8	4 of 30
40 and over	74.6	3 of 30
Under 40	78.1	4 of 30
Asian	75.8	8 of 30
Black or African-American	75.0	3 of 30
Hispanic or Latino	79.0	5 of 30
Multi-racial	68.1	4 of 30
White	75.3	4 of 30
American Indian or Native American	59.3	10 of 19

Scores by Demographic	2010	2009
Female	76.4	61.2
Male	75.8	74.3
40 and over	75.6	71.4
Under 40	79.4	71.8
Asian	80.3	65.7
Black or African-American	74.9	53.2
Hispanic or Latino	78.8	72.7
Multi-racial	67.5	71.0
White	76.6	75.3
American Indian or Native American	69.2	71.5

Previous Years

Scores by Demographic	2010	2009
Female	76.4	61.2
Male	75.8	74.3
40 and over	75.6	71.4
Under 40	79.4	71.8
Asian	80.3	65.7
Black or African-American	74.9	53.2
Hispanic or Latino	78.8	72.7
Multi-racial	67.5	71.0
White	76.6	75.3
American Indian or Native American	69.2	71.5

Staff/Manager Alignment

Score: 4

More Aligned / More Satisfied: This agency has Best Places Index scores that exceed government-wide norms, as well as greater-than-normal alignment between staff and managers on key workforce issues. These results suggest that an agency is well positioned to maintain and improve on current efforts and to recognize shared challenges in order to better address them.

Trends

Index Scores	Best in Class Scores

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Year	National Aeronautics and Space Administration Index Score	Large Agency High Performing Average	Large Agency Average Index Score	Large Agency Low Performing Average
2003	71.6	65.0	60.8	55.9
2005	69.9	72.4	62.4	51.4
2007	69.7	71.8	61.7	50.6
2009	71.7	73.8	64.1	55.4
2010	74.2	78.6	66.5	57.6
2011	72.5	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

2,282

The number of mission-criticial jobs the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is expected to hire by the end of September 2012. Learn More at Where the Jobs Are 2009 »

Number of Employees in 2001: 18,324

Number of Employees in 2002: 18,276

Number of Employees in 2003: 18,268

Number of Employees in 2004: 18,286

Number of Employees in 2005: 17,504

Number of Employees in 2006: 17,059

Number of Employees in 2007: 16,892

Number of Employees in 2008: 16,923

Number of Employees in 2009: 16,970

Employees joined (2010): 550

Percentage joined (2010): 3.20%

Average joined (2005-2010): 524

Employees left (2010): 675

Percentage left (2010): 3.90%

Average left (2005-2010): 831

Rookie ratio (percentage of workforce with less than three years of service): 6.00%

More About the Agency

Headquartered in Washington, D.C.

Other Locations: Moffet Field, CA; Edwards AFB, CA; Cleveland, OH; Greenbelt, MD; Houston, TX; Kennedy Space Center, FL; Hampton, VA; Huntsville, AL; Pasadena, CA; New York, NY; Fairmont, WV; Baltimore, MD; Stennis Space Center, MS; Wallops Island, VA and White Sands, NM

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Demographics source: FedScope, OPM

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