Farm Service Agency (USDA)

Mission: To stabilize farm income, assist farmers in conserving land and water resources, provide credit to new or disadvantaged farmers and ranchers and help farm operations recover from the effects of disaster.

Scores and Rankings

• 2009
• Previous Years

• Previous Years

Best in Class Scores	2007 Score	2005 Score	2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match	77.0	79.0	80.0
Strategic Management	52.0	52.7	56.4
Teamwork	69.5	67.3	62.8
Effective Leadership	46.4	48.2	45.7
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement	34.8	40.8	37.5
Training and Development	50.9	56.7	52.4
Support for Diversity	59.7	61.2	63.5
Pay and Benefits	71.4
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits	47.5
Work/Life Balance	62.1	64.2	65.6

• 2009

• Previous Years

Scores by Demographic	2007 Score	2005 Score	2003 Score
Female
Male
40 and over
Under 40
Asian
Black or African-American
Hispanic or Latino
Multi-racial
White

Year	Farm Service Agency (USDA) Index Score	Subcomponent High Performing Average	Subcomponent Average Index Score	Subcomponent Low Performing Average
2003	59.0	69.3	61.0	51.9
2005	63.5	73.0	62.9	52.3
2007	59.4	73.8	61.9	49.0
2009	62.1	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: 5,684

Number of Employees in 2002: 5,776

Number of Employees in 2003: 5,780

Number of Employees in 2004: 5,711

Number of Employees in 2005: 5,344

Number of Employees in 2006: 5,075

Number of Employees in 2007: 5,013

Number of Employees in 2008: 5,011

Employees joined (2008): 367

Percentage joined (2008): 3.80%

Average joined (2004-2008): 256

Employees left (2008): 381

Percentage left (2008): 8.49%

Average left (2004-2008): 361

Rookie ratio (percentage of workforce with less than three years of service): 6.50%

More About the Agency

Headquartered in Washington, D.C.
Other Locations: Offices in every state across the United States

http://www.fsa.usda.gov/pas/

Demographics source: FedScope, OPM

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