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59.1
#171 out of 216

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (DOL)

Mission: To determine and enforce workplace safety and health standards and assist employers in complying with those standards.

Scores and Rankings

Index Score Score Rank out of 216
  59.1 171
Best in Class Scores Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Employee Skills/Mission Match 78.1 127  of  216
Strategic Management 57.0 136  of  216
Teamwork 70.2 145  of  216
Effective Leadership 45.8 196  of  216
Effective Leadership - Empowerment 45.2 186  of  216
Effective Leadership - Fairness 40.0 183  of  216
Effective Leadership - Leaders 42.1 183  of  216
Effective Leadership - Supervisors 54.2 210  of  216
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 41.1 196  of  216
Training and Development 49.8 210  of  216
Support for Diversity 55.9 193  of  216
Pay and Benefits 65.0 155  of  216
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 43.4 124  of  216
Work/Life Balance 53.0 213  of  216
Index Score 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
  63.8 65.6 58.5
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 80.7 80.1 79.2
Strategic Management 57.8 60.2 58.4
Teamwork 72.5 69.0 67.2
Effective Leadership 50.3 51.7 45.1
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 47.5 45.9 40.2
Training and Development 54.6 59.4 53.9
Support for Diversity 58.9 57.5 57.4
Pay and Benefits 61.4 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 42.4 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 57.1 60.9 62.6
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 80.7 80.1 79.2
Strategic Management 57.8 60.2 58.4
Teamwork 72.5 69.0 67.2
Effective Leadership 50.3 51.7 45.1
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 47.5 45.9 40.2
Training and Development 54.6 59.4 53.9
Support for Diversity 58.9 57.5 57.4
Pay and Benefits 61.4 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 42.4 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 57.1 60.9 62.6
Scores by Demographic Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Female 56.3 181  of  216
Male 61.5 148  of  214
40 and over 57.9 181  of  216
Under 40 64.0 119  of  199
Asian No data No data
Black or African-American 56.5 152  of  188
Hispanic or Latino 66.4 50  of  174
Multi-racial No data No data
White 59.5 171  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 63.9 No data No data
Under 40 63.6 No data No data
Asian No data No data No data
Black or African-American 69.7 No data No data
Hispanic or Latino No data No data No data
Multi-racial No data No data No data
White 64.2 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 Occupational Safety and Health Administration (DOL) Index Score Subcomponent High Performing Average Subcomponent Average Index Score Subcomponent Low Performing Average
2003 58.5 69.3 61.0 51.9
2005 65.6 73.0 62.9 52.3
2007 63.8 73.8 61.9 49.0
2009 59.1 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: 2,177

Number of Employees in 2002: 2,219

Number of Employees in 2003: 2,244

Number of Employees in 2004: 2,175

Number of Employees in 2005: 2,104

Number of Employees in 2006: 2,028

Number of Employees in 2007: 2,044

Number of Employees in 2008: 2,060

Employees joined (2008): 158

Percentage joined (2008): 3.16%

Average joined (2004-2008): 93

Employees left (2008): 173

Percentage left (2008): 6.71%

Average left (2004-2008): 128

Rookie ratio (percentage of workforce with less than three years of service): 8.50%

More About the Agency

Headquartered in Washington, D.C.
Other Locations: Offices located throughout the United States

http://www.osha.gov/

Male/Female Demographics Ethiniciy Demographics

Demographics source: FedScope, OPM

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