#27 of 33

Securities and Exchange Commission

Mission: To protect investors, maintain fair, orderly and efficient markets, and facilitate capital formation.

Scores and Rankings

Index Score	Score	Rank of 33
	58.3	27
Best in Class Scores	Score	Rank (out of varied totals)
Employee Skills/Mission Match	74.1	27 of 30
Strategic Management	47.9	30 of 30
Teamwork	59.7	28 of 30
Effective Leadership	47.7	29 of 30
Effective Leadership - Empowerment	37.7	30 of 30
Effective Leadership - Fairness	50.3	24 of 30
Effective Leadership - Leaders	39.9	30 of 30
Effective Leadership - Supervisors	59.1	28 of 30
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement	32.1	30 of 30
Training and Development	49.5	29 of 30
Support for Diversity	49.7	30 of 31
Pay	57.8	27 of 30
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits	45.8	7 of 30
Work/Life Balance	55.7	26 of 30

Index Score	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
	62.0	66.2	71.9	73.1
Best in Class Scores	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
Employee Skills/Mission Match	73.6	76.2	79.1	79.3
Strategic Management	53.1	60.4	62.8	64.3
Teamwork	60.6	68.5	71.5	71.0
Effective Leadership	49.2	51.2	56.2	54.2
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement	39.0	41.7	48.1	46.9
Training and Development	49.6	56.6	59.6	58.9
Support for Diversity	52.7	58.5	60.6	57.7
Pay	70.1	66.7	70.5
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits	50.6
Work/Life Balance	61.9	70.0	72.1	71.2

Previous Years

Best in Class Scores	2010	2009	2007	2005
Employee Skills/Mission Match	73.6	76.2	79.1	79.3
Strategic Management	53.1	60.4	62.8	64.3
Teamwork	60.6	68.5	71.5	71.0
Effective Leadership	49.2	51.2	56.2	54.2
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement	39.0	41.7	48.1	46.9
Training and Development	49.6	56.6	59.6	58.9
Support for Diversity	52.7	58.5	60.6	57.7
Pay	70.1	66.7	70.5
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits	50.6
Work/Life Balance	61.9	70.0	72.1	71.2

2010

Scores by Demographic	Score	Rank (out of varied totals)
Female	61.4	22 of 30
Male	59.2	28 of 30
40 and over	59.2	28 of 30
Under 40	62.5	25 of 30
Asian	63.1	27 of 30
Black or African-American	60.7	22 of 30
Hispanic or Latino	58.6	27 of 30
Multi-racial	55.6	22 of 30
White	60.3	26 of 30
American Indian or Native American

Scores by Demographic	2010	2009
Female	61.7
Male	65.6	70.0
40 and over	62.1	63.1
Under 40	67.3	69.2
Asian	62.7	71.1
Black or African-American	61.0	46.4
Hispanic or Latino	63.2	68.7
Multi-racial	50.0	64.4
White	65.6	69.2
American Indian or Native American		60.1

Previous Years

Scores by Demographic	2010	2009
Female	61.7
Male	65.6	70.0
40 and over	62.1	63.1
Under 40	67.3	69.2
Asian	62.7	71.1
Black or African-American	61.0	46.4
Hispanic or Latino	63.2	68.7
Multi-racial	50.0	64.4
White	65.6	69.2
American Indian or Native American		60.1

Staff/Manager Alignment

Score: -13

Less Aligned / Less Satisfied: Agencies in this group have Best Places Index scores that fall short of government-wide norms, as well as less-than-normal alignment between staff and managers on key workforce issues. These agencies should examine and understand the areas of high disconnect between staff and managers to ensure that managers understand staff issues and are prepared to support related agency changes efforts.

Trends

Index Scores	Best in Class Scores

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Year	Securities and Exchange Commission Index Score	Large Agency High Performing Average	Large Agency Average Index Score	Large Agency Low Performing Average
2003		65.0	60.8	55.9
2005	73.1	72.4	62.4	51.4
2007	71.9	71.8	61.7	50.6
2009	66.2	73.8	64.1	55.4
2010	62.0	78.6	66.5	57.6
2011	58.3	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

768

The number of mission-criticial jobs the Securities and Exchange Commission is expected to hire by the end of September 2012. Learn More at Where the Jobs Are 2009 »

Number of Employees in 2001: 2,824

Number of Employees in 2002: 2,832

Number of Employees in 2003: 3,017

Number of Employees in 2004: 3,473

Number of Employees in 2005: 3,617

Number of Employees in 2006: 3,371

Number of Employees in 2007: 3,251

Number of Employees in 2008: 3,360

Number of Employees in 2009: 3,466

Employees joined (2010): 317

Percentage joined (2010): 8.80%

Average joined (2005-2010): 208

Employees left (2010): 194

Percentage left (2010): 5.40%

Average left (2005-2010): 224

Rookie ratio (percentage of workforce with less than three years of service): 14.20%

More About the Agency

Headquartered in Washington, D.C.

Other Locations: New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, Fort Worth, Salt Lake City, San Francisco and Los Angeles

http://www.sec.gov/

Demographics source: FedScope, OPM

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