Best Places to Work in the Federal Governement 2007 (header image goes here)
69.3
#41 out of 216

Drug Enforcement Administration (DOJ)

Mission: To enforce controlled substances laws and regulations of the U.S. and support programs aimed at reducing the availability of illicit controlled substances on the domestic and international markets.

Scores and Rankings

Index Score Score Rank out of 216
  69.3 41
Best in Class Scores Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Employee Skills/Mission Match 82.5 24  of  216
Strategic Management 61.6 57  of  216
Teamwork 75.9 40  of  216
Effective Leadership 57.1 49  of  216
Effective Leadership - Empowerment 54.3 58  of  216
Effective Leadership - Fairness 51.2 40  of  216
Effective Leadership - Leaders 52.4 63  of  216
Effective Leadership - Supervisors 67.5 49  of  216
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 52.0 55  of  216
Training and Development 64.5 62  of  216
Support for Diversity 63.6 86  of  216
Pay and Benefits 70.4 82  of  216
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 39.1 177  of  216
Work/Life Balance 66.6 61  of  216
Index Score 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
  73.4 69.4 64.3
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 82.0 81.4 79.7
Strategic Management 64.7 61.9 57.5
Teamwork 74.3 74.0 70.6
Effective Leadership 58.5 55.3 44.4
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 53.4 47.2 41.0
Training and Development 63.7 62.0 53.1
Support for Diversity 63.9 60.9 60.2
Pay and Benefits 68.1 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 38.1 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 66.6 63.4 60.9
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 82.0 81.4 79.7
Strategic Management 64.7 61.9 57.5
Teamwork 74.3 74.0 70.6
Effective Leadership 58.5 55.3 44.4
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 53.4 47.2 41.0
Training and Development 63.7 62.0 53.1
Support for Diversity 63.9 60.9 60.2
Pay and Benefits 68.1 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 38.1 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 66.6 63.4 60.9
Scores by Demographic Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Female 69.2 40  of  216
Male 69.4 46  of  214
40 and over 68.2 45  of  216
Under 40 71.8 54  of  199
Asian 77.0 12  of  74
Black or African-American 71.2 25  of  188
Hispanic or Latino 73.5 17  of  174
Multi-racial 67.9 4  of  43
White 69.1 51  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 70.5 No data No data
Under 40 77.8 No data No data
Asian No data No data No data
Black or African-American 67.3 No data No data
Hispanic or Latino No data No data No data
Multi-racial 80.5 No data No data
White 74.7 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 Drug Enforcement Administration (DOJ) Index Score Subcomponent High Performing Average Subcomponent Average Index Score Subcomponent Low Performing Average
2003 64.3 69.3 61.0 51.9
2005 69.4 73.0 62.9 52.3
2007 73.4 73.8 61.9 49.0
2009 69.3 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: 8,664

Number of Employees in 2002: 8,702

Number of Employees in 2003: 8,707

Number of Employees in 2004: 9,060

Number of Employees in 2005: 9,316

Number of Employees in 2006: 9,434

Number of Employees in 2007: 9,097

Number of Employees in 2008: 8,989

Employees joined (2008): 321

Percentage joined (2008): 4.49%

Average joined (2004-2008): 452

Employees left (2008): 443

Percentage left (2008): 4.25%

Average left (2004-2008): 409

Rookie ratio (percentage of workforce with less than three years of service): 4.60%

More About the Agency

Headquartered in Alexandria, VA
Other Locations: Seattle, WA; San Diego, CA; San Francisco, CA; Los Angeles, CA; Phoenix, AZ; Denver, CO; Chicago, IL; Detroit, MI; El Paso, TX; Houston, TX; Dallas, TX; Atlanta, GA; New Orleans, LA; Miami, FL; St. Louis, MO; Boston, MA; Philadelphia, PA; New York, NY; Newark, NJ; Washington, D.C.; and the Caribbean

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Male/Female Demographics Ethiniciy Demographics

Demographics source: FedScope, OPM

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