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61.6
#139 out of 216

U.S. Air Force Materiel Command (Air Force)

Mission: To advance, integrate and use technology to develop, test, acquire and sustain weapons systems.

Scores and Rankings

Index Score Score Rank out of 216
  61.6 139
Best in Class Scores Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Employee Skills/Mission Match 76.1 162  of  216
Strategic Management 53.2 185  of  216
Teamwork 69.6 160  of  216
Effective Leadership 50.5 164  of  216
Effective Leadership - Empowerment 49.0 141  of  216
Effective Leadership - Fairness 45.5 113  of  216
Effective Leadership - Leaders 46.7 144  of  216
Effective Leadership - Supervisors 58.9 186  of  216
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 43.1 179  of  216
Training and Development 61.6 110  of  216
Support for Diversity 55.7 195  of  216
Pay and Benefits 62.4 183  of  216
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 45.5 110  of  216
Work/Life Balance 62.2 145  of  216
Index Score 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
  61.4 59.2 61.7
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 74.8 75.7 77.6
Strategic Management 52.7 52.4 59.4
Teamwork 69.8 70.8 69.0
Effective Leadership 49.6 49.4 48.9
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 44.8 41.8 42.6
Training and Development 59.6 60.1 57.0
Support for Diversity 54.3 54.2 55.4
Pay and Benefits 59.5 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 42.6 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 61.3 61.1 69.0
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 74.8 75.7 77.6
Strategic Management 52.7 52.4 59.4
Teamwork 69.8 70.8 69.0
Effective Leadership 49.6 49.4 48.9
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 44.8 41.8 42.6
Training and Development 59.6 60.1 57.0
Support for Diversity 54.3 54.2 55.4
Pay and Benefits 59.5 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 42.6 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 61.3 61.1 69.0
Scores by Demographic Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Female 63.9 97  of  216
Male 60.5 161  of  214
40 and over 61.7 139  of  216
Under 40 61.4 134  of  199
Asian No data No data
Black or African-American 61.6 108  of  188
Hispanic or Latino 75.1 13  of  174
Multi-racial No data No data
White 60.7 161  of  215
American Indian or Native American 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 62.0 No data No data
Under 40 59.1 No data No data
Asian No data No data No data
Black or African-American 65.2 No data No data
Hispanic or Latino No data No data No data
Multi-racial No data No data No data
White 62.2 No data No data
American Indian or Native American No data 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
American Indian or Native American No data No data No data

Trends

Index Scores

Best in Class Scores

 




Year U.S. Air Force Materiel Command (Air Force) Index Score Subcomponent High Performing Average Subcomponent Average Index Score Subcomponent Low Performing Average
2003 61.7 69.3 61.0 51.9
2005 59.2 73.0 62.9 52.3
2007 61.4 73.8 61.9 49.0
2009 61.6 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: 55,446

Number of Employees in 2002: 54,700

Number of Employees in 2003: 54,303

Number of Employees in 2004: 51,875

Number of Employees in 2005: 54,765

Number of Employees in 2006: 56,445

Number of Employees in 2007: 55,212

Number of Employees in 2008: 53,360

Employees joined (2008): 2,506

Percentage joined (2008): 7.94%

Average joined (2004-2008): 2,964

Employees left (2008): 4,679

Percentage left (2008): 6.86%

Average left (2004-2008): 3,751

Rookie ratio (percentage of workforce with less than three years of service): 9.90%

More About the Agency

Headquartered in Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH
Other Locations: Hanscom AFB, MA; Rome, NY; Arlington, VA; Wright-Patterson AFB, OH; Tinker AFB, OK; Robins AFB, GA; Arnold AFB, TN; Brooks City-Base AFB, TX; Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ; Edwards, CA; Eglin AFB, FL; Hill AFB, UT; Kirtland AFB, NM; and Maxwell AFB, AL.

http://www.afmc.af.mil/

Male/Female Demographics Ethiniciy Demographics

Demographics source: FedScope, OPM

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