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64.1
#108 out of 216

Employment Standards Administration (DOL)

Mission: To administer and enforce numerous labor laws and mandates that protect the rights and working conditions of U.S. workers. Includes programs dealing with minimum wage, overtime standards and workers' compensation programs for federal and certain private employees and employers.

Scores and Rankings

Index Score Score Rank out of 216
  64.1 108
Best in Class Scores Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Employee Skills/Mission Match 79.4 89  of  216
Strategic Management 59.5 90  of  216
Teamwork 69.8 155  of  216
Effective Leadership 50.3 168  of  216
Effective Leadership - Empowerment 47.1 167  of  216
Effective Leadership - Fairness 42.9 157  of  216
Effective Leadership - Leaders 46.5 147  of  216
Effective Leadership - Supervisors 61.1 166  of  216
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 47.5 119  of  216
Training and Development 53.2 200  of  216
Support for Diversity 59.4 158  of  216
Pay and Benefits 69.6 96  of  216
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 48.7 87  of  216
Work/Life Balance 60.4 171  of  216
Index Score 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
  59.1 57.2 60.9
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 75.7 76.4 79.5
Strategic Management 56.8 58.3 63.1
Teamwork 70.0 70.1 70.8
Effective Leadership 48.4 47.1 50.2
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 44.5 40.4 41.7
Training and Development 49.0 50.3 53.3
Support for Diversity 57.5 57.4 63.2
Pay and Benefits 66.7 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 48.0 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 57.9 60.3 58.9
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 75.7 76.4 79.5
Strategic Management 56.8 58.3 63.1
Teamwork 70.0 70.1 70.8
Effective Leadership 48.4 47.1 50.2
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 44.5 40.4 41.7
Training and Development 49.0 50.3 53.3
Support for Diversity 57.5 57.4 63.2
Pay and Benefits 66.7 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 48.0 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 57.9 60.3 58.9
Scores by Demographic Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Female 66.0 66  of  216
Male 61.2 154  of  214
40 and over 63.9 101  of  216
Under 40 65.2 106  of  199
Asian No data No data
Black or African-American 64.2 93  of  188
Hispanic or Latino 67.0 45  of  174
Multi-racial No data No data
White 63.8 116  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 58.7 No data No data
Under 40 60.7 No data No data
Asian No data No data No data
Black or African-American 59.8 No data No data
Hispanic or Latino No data No data No data
Multi-racial No data No data No data
White 60.1 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 Employment Standards Administration (DOL) Index Score Subcomponent High Performing Average Subcomponent Average Index Score Subcomponent Low Performing Average
2003 60.9 69.3 61.0 51.9
2005 57.2 73.0 62.9 52.3
2007 59.1 73.8 61.9 49.0
2009 64.1 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: 3,984

Number of Employees in 2002: 3,958

Number of Employees in 2003: 3,951

Number of Employees in 2004: 3,806

Number of Employees in 2005: 3,689

Number of Employees in 2006: 3,685

Number of Employees in 2007: 3,698

Number of Employees in 2008: 3,681

Employees joined (2008): 238

Percentage joined (2008): 7.25%

Average joined (2004-2008): 227

Employees left (2008): 307

Percentage left (2008): 8.28%

Average left (2004-2008): 284

Rookie ratio (percentage of workforce with less than three years of service): 8.70%

More About the Agency

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

http://www.dol.gov/esa/

Male/Female Demographics Ethiniciy Demographics

Demographics source: FedScope, OPM

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