Best Places to Work in the Federal Governement 2007 (header image goes here)

Scores by Pay and Benefits

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The pay and benefits category measures how satisfied employees are with their compensation and benefits package (including pay, retirement, health insurance and life insurance). Due to changes in the survey format, the scores for 2005 and 2007 cannot be accurately compared in this category.

Rank Agency 2009 2007 % Change
1 Nuclear Regulatory Commission 76.5 73.6 4.00Change arrow
2 National Aeronautics and Space Administration 73.1 71.4 2.40Change arrow
3 Department of Education 71.8 68.4 5.00Change arrow
3 Office of Personnel Management 71.8 70.4 2.00Change arrow
5 General Services Administration 71.3 71.2 0.10Change arrow
6 Securities and Exchange Commission 71.2 73.5 -3.10Change arrow
7 Small Business Administration 70.4 67.0 5.10Change arrow
7 Department of Housing and Urban Development 70.4 68.4 3.00Change arrow
9 Environmental Protection Agency 70.0 69.2 1.10Change arrow
9 Department of Commerce 70.0 66.6 5.10Change arrow
11 Social Security Administration 67.8 67.6 0.30Change arrow
12 Department of Health and Human Services 67.7 66.0 2.60Change arrow
13 Department of Labor 67.4 64.4 4.70Change arrow
14 Department of Energy 67.2 66.4 1.30Change arrow
14 Department of Agriculture 67.2 66.7 0.80Change arrow
16 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 66.0 66.2 -0.30Change arrow
17 Department of State 65.5 67.9 -3.50Change arrow
18 Department of the Interior 65.1 64.1 1.60Change arrow
19 Department of the Treasury 64.5 65.3 -1.20Change arrow
20 Department of the Navy 64.3 62.3 3.20Change arrow
21 Department of Justice 63.3 63.7 -0.60Change arrow
22 Department of Defense 62.9 61.6 2.10Change arrow
23 Department of the Army 62.8 62.5 0.50Change arrow
24 National Archives and Records Administration 62.0 61.3 1.20Change arrow
25 Department of Veterans Affairs 61.0 58.4 4.40Change arrow
26 Department of the Air Force 60.3 59.0 2.20Change arrow
27 Department of Homeland Security 60.0 55.2 8.70Change arrow
28 Department of Transportation 59.3 60.1 -1.40Change arrow
No data Government Accountability Office No data No data 0.00Change arrow
No data Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation No data 81.6 0.00Change arrow
No data Intelligence Community 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 and American University's Institute for the Study of Public Policy Implementation (ISPPI).

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