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66.5
#66 out of 216

Air Education and Training Command (Air Force)

Mission: To recruit, commission, educate and train Air Force enlisted and officer personnel. The Air Training Command provides basic military training, initial and advanced technical training, flight training and professional military and degree-granting professional education.

Scores and Rankings

Index Score Score Rank out of 216
  66.5 66
Best in Class Scores Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Employee Skills/Mission Match 82.5 24  of  216
Strategic Management 58.6 105  of  216
Teamwork 72.2 101  of  216
Effective Leadership 54.3 85  of  216
Effective Leadership - Empowerment 53.5 74  of  216
Effective Leadership - Fairness 49.7 60  of  216
Effective Leadership - Leaders 51.1 77  of  216
Effective Leadership - Supervisors 61.4 162  of  216
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 45.3 160  of  216
Training and Development 62.9 86  of  216
Support for Diversity 58.6 169  of  216
Pay and Benefits 59.3 199  of  216
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 37.9 187  of  216
Work/Life Balance 65.6 76  of  216
Index Score 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
  65.5 68.2 63.9
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 81.9 82.1 81.9
Strategic Management 59.3 61.4 60.2
Teamwork 72.8 74.4 68.9
Effective Leadership 53.7 57.9 53.9
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 47.9 47.7 47.2
Training and Development 61.0 65.4 60.2
Support for Diversity 56.1 58.8 61.1
Pay and Benefits 59.3 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 38.4 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 66.7 70.6 68.7
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 81.9 82.1 81.9
Strategic Management 59.3 61.4 60.2
Teamwork 72.8 74.4 68.9
Effective Leadership 53.7 57.9 53.9
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 47.9 47.7 47.2
Training and Development 61.0 65.4 60.2
Support for Diversity 56.1 58.8 61.1
Pay and Benefits 59.3 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 38.4 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 66.7 70.6 68.7
Scores by Demographic Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Female 64.4 85  of  216
Male 67.8 67  of  214
40 and over 66.4 60  of  216
Under 40 67.0 88  of  199
Asian No data No data
Black or African-American 66.5 67  of  188
Hispanic or Latino 63.0 72  of  174
Multi-racial 69.8 3  of  43
White 66.2 82  of  215
Scores by Demographic 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Female No data No data No data
Male No data No data No data
40 and over 65.2 No data No data
Under 40 66.8 No data No data
Asian No data No data No data
Black or African-American 76.1 No data No data
Hispanic or Latino No data No data No data
Multi-racial No data No data No data
White 63.4 No data No data
Scores by Demographic 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Female No data No data No data
Male No data No data No data
40 and over No data No data No data
Under 40 No data No data No data
Asian No data No data No data
Black or African-American No data No data No data
Hispanic or Latino No data No data No data
Multi-racial No data No data No data
White No data No data No data

Trends

Index Scores

Best in Class Scores

 




Year Air Education and Training Command (Air Force) Index Score Subcomponent High Performing Average Subcomponent Average Index Score Subcomponent Low Performing Average
2003 63.9 69.3 61.0 51.9
2005 68.2 73.0 62.9 52.3
2007 65.5 73.8 61.9 49.0
2009 66.5 74.8 64.1 54.0

Comparative Data — Subcomponent Averages

High Performing Average Scores 2003 2005 2007 2009
High Performing Average - Employee Skills 82.4 82.3 83.3 83.4
High Performing Average - Management 65.7 64.6 66.0 66.9
High Performing Average - Teamwork 73.7 77.2 78.7 79.1
High Performing Average - Leadership 57.1 59.9 61.9 62.6
High Performing Average - Rewards and Advancement 53.2 55.8 56.8 58.1
High Performing Average - Training and Development 67.7 70.5 71.3 72.0
High Performing Average - Support for Diversity 69.0 68.9 68.8 70.9
High Performing Average - Pay and Benefits 74.8 76.8
High Performing Average - Family Friendly 57.2 60.0
High Performing Average - Work/Life Balance 72.6 72.1 72.8 72.5
Average Index Scores 2003 2005 2007 2009
Average for Employee Skills 78.4 77.6 77.7 78.5
Average for Management 59.1 56.9 56.6 58.6
Average for Teamwork 67.8 71.1 70.8 72.1
Average for Leadership 49.7 51.7 51.7 53.5
Average for Rewards and Advancement 45.4 47.0 46.9 48.5
Average for Training and Development 58.4 61.0 59.8 61.8
Average for Support for Diversity 61.7 60.0 59.4 62.3
Average for Pay and Benefits 66.4 68.1
Average for Family Friendly 44.8 46.8
Average for Work/Life Balance 66.1 64.6 63.4 64.2
Low Performing Average Score 2003 2005 2007 2009
Low Performing Average - Employee Skills 73.6 72.0 71.1 72.9
Low Performing Average - Management 52.3 48.8 47.4 50.2
Low Performing Average - Teamwork 61.8 65.1 63.3 65.5
Low Performing Average - Leadership 42.9 43.7 41.9 44.8
Low Performing Average - Rewards and Advancement 37.7 38.0 36.3 39.3
Low Performing Average - Training and Development 50.3 51.0 48.1 52.4
Low Performing Average - Support for Diversity 54.7 51.5 49.8 53.1
Low Performing Average - Pay and Benefits 57.2 58.8
Low Performing Average - Family Friendly 33.2 34.7
Low Performing Average - Work/Life Balance 59.4 57.0 54.8 56.0

Workforce Size and Trends

Number of Employees

 

Number of Employees in 2001: 13,041

Number of Employees in 2002: 13,383

Number of Employees in 2003: 13,419

Number of Employees in 2004: 13,301

Number of Employees in 2005: 14,008

Number of Employees in 2006: 13,947

Number of Employees in 2007: 13,540

Number of Employees in 2008: 13,528

Employees joined (2008): 923

Percentage joined (2008): 6.11%

Average joined (2004-2008): 861

Employees left (2008): 1,110

Percentage left (2008): 7.94%

Average left (2004-2008): 1,109

Rookie ratio (percentage of workforce with less than three years of service): 9.30%

More About the Agency

Headquartered in Randolph Air Force Base, TX
Other Locations: Bases in Keesler and Columbus, MS; Little Rock, AR; Luke, AZ; Maxwell, AL; Goodfellow, Laughlin, Lackland, Randolph, and Sheppard, TX; Tyndall, FL; Wright-Patterson, OH; and Altus, OK.

http://www.aetc.af.mil/

Male/Female Demographics Ethiniciy Demographics

Demographics source: FedScope, OPM

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