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Agency Report
Peace Corps

Mission: To help the people of interested countries in meeting their need for trained men and women, promote a better understanding of Americans on the part of the peoples served and promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of Americans.

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Scores and Rankings

• 2012
• Previous Years

	Score	Rank of 29
Index Score	81.5	4
Scores by Category	Score	Rank (out of varied totals)
Effective Leadership	68.3	6 of 27
Effective Leadership - Empowerment	65.3	3 of 27
Effective Leadership - Fairness	65.9	6 of 27
Effective Leadership - Senior Leaders	64.3	6 of 27
Effective Leadership - Supervisors	75.0	6 of 27
Employee Skills/Mission Match	82.5	5 of 27
Pay	64.1	8 of 27
Strategic Management	73.0	2 of 27
Teamwork	79.8	2 of 27
Training and Development	59.1	14 of 27
Work/Life Balance	63.8	15 of 27
Support for Diversity	73.8	1 of 27
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement	56.6	7 of 27
Alternative Work and Employee Support Programs
Index Scores by Demographic	Score	Rank (out of varied totals)
Female
Male
40 and over
Under 40
American Indian or Native American
Asian
Black or African-American
Hispanic or Latino
Multi-racial
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
White
Employees with Disabilities
Veterans
Senior Executive Service (SES)

	2011	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
Index Score	78.7	82.8
Scores by Category	2011	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
Effective Leadership	66.0
Effective Leadership - Empowerment	61.8
Effective Leadership - Fairness	65.8
Effective Leadership - Senior Leaders	61.2
Effective Leadership - Supervisors	73.0
Employee Skills/Mission Match	81.0
Pay	65.7
Strategic Management	70.5
Teamwork	78.5
Training and Development	58.0
Work/Life Balance	63.9
Support for Diversity	71.8
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement	56.2
Alternative Work and Employee Support Programs
Index Scores by Demographic	2011	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
Female
Male
40 and over
Under 40
American Indian or Native American
Asian
Black or African-American
Hispanic or Latino
Multi-racial
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
White
Employees with Disabilities
Veterans
Senior Executive Service (SES)

Workforce Size and Trends

Number of Employees in 2001: 

Number of Employees in 2002: 

Number of Employees in 2003:  892

Number of Employees in 2004:  828

Number of Employees in 2005:  847

Number of Employees in 2006:  859

Number of Employees in 2007:  861

Number of Employees in 2008:  803

Number of Employees in 2009:  817

Number of Employees in 2010:  904

Number of Employees in 2011:  904

Employees joined (2011):  162

Percentage joined (2011):  17.90%

Average joined (2005-2011): 

Employees left (2011):  186

Percentage left (2011):  20.60%

Average left (2005-2011):  114

Rookie ratio (percentage of workforce with less than three years of service):  39.30%

Demographics source: FedScope, U.S. Office of Personnel Management

Footnote: Peace Corps includes full-time, permanent and non-permanent employees. Results do not include Peace Corps volunteers.