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67.5
#8 out of 30

General Services Administration

Mission: To leverage the buying power of the federal government to acquire best value for taxpayers and federal customers. GSA exercises responsible asset management, delivers superior workplaces, quality acquisition services and expert business solutions, and develops innovative and effective management policies.

1,915

The number of mission-criticial jobs the General Services Administration is expected to hire by the end of September 2012. Learn More at Where the Jobs Are 2009 »

Scores and Rankings

Index Score Score Rank out of 30
  67.5 8
Best in Class Scores Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Employee Skills/Mission Match 78.0 19  of  29
Strategic Management 61.1 6  of  28
Teamwork 73.4 5  of  28
Effective Leadership 55.5 4  of  28
Effective Leadership - Empowerment 55.0 4  of  28
Effective Leadership - Fairness 47.8 7  of  28
Effective Leadership - Leaders 51.3 6  of  28
Effective Leadership - Supervisors 65.6 6  of  28
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 49.0 6  of  28
Training and Development 67.4 3  of  28
Support for Diversity 62.7 8  of  28
Pay and Benefits 71.3 5  of  28
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 59.8 1  of  28
Work/Life Balance 67.0 4  of  28
Index Score 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
  65.7 69.6 65.5
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 77.7 79.3 79.1
Strategic Management 60.9 64.3 62.9
Teamwork 74.3 76.9 72.3
Effective Leadership 55.2 57.7 55.2
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 46.7 52.3 52.0
Training and Development 66.1 68.3 65.0
Support for Diversity 60.7 62.6 61.0
Pay and Benefits 71.2 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 52.3 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 67.9 71.0 70.6
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 77.7 79.3 79.1
Strategic Management 60.9 64.3 62.9
Teamwork 74.3 76.9 72.3
Effective Leadership 55.2 57.7 55.2
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 46.7 52.3 52.0
Training and Development 66.1 68.3 65.0
Support for Diversity 60.7 62.6 61.0
Pay and Benefits 71.2 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 52.3 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 67.9 71.0 70.6
Scores by Demographic Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Female 67.6 6  of  29
Male 67.3 8  of  29
40 and over 66.6 7  of  29
Under 40 70.4 6  of  29
Asian 66.2 16  of  28
Black or African-American 67.2 6  of  29
Hispanic or Latino 69.4 8  of  29
Multi-racial 54.9 16  of  28
White 68.7 6  of  29
American Indian or Native American 55.6 16  of  19
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 64.8 No data No data
Under 40 69.0 No data No data
Asian 75.8 No data No data
Black or African-American 68.3 No data No data
Hispanic or Latino No data No data No data
Multi-racial 54.6 No data No data
White 64.5 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 General Services Administration Index Score Large Agency High Performing Average Large Agency Average Index Score Large Agency Low Performing Average
2003 65.5 65.0 60.8 55.9
2005 69.6 72.4 62.4 51.4
2007 65.7 71.8 61.7 50.6
2009 67.5 73.8 64.1 55.5

Comparative Data — Large Agency Averages

High Performing Average Scores 2003 2005 2007 2009
High Performing Average - Employee Skills 80.7 80.6 80.7 83.0
High Performing Average - Management 62.1 63.9 62.4 64.0
High Performing Average - Teamwork 71.6 76.5 75.9 77.6
High Performing Average - Leadership 54.1 58.3 58.2 60.7
High Performing Average - Rewards and Advancement 50.5 53.5 53.3 56.3
High Performing Average - Training and Development 63.7 68.2 66.7 68.8
High Performing Average - Support for Diversity 67.0 67.4 66.7 68.8
High Performing Average - Pay and Benefits 74.3 72.9
High Performing Average - Family Friendly 56.4 57.6
High Performing Average - Work/Life Balance 69.5 70.0 69.5 69.4
Average Index Scores 2003 2005 2007 2009
Average for Employee Skills 78.1 77.4 77.5 78.9
Average for Management 58.1 56.8 56.1 57.8
Average for Teamwork 68.3 71.3 70.7 71.7
Average for Leadership 49.1 50.2 50.3 52.1
Average for Rewards and Advancement 44.4 44.7 45.1 46.8
Average for Training and Development 57.5 59.9 58.6 60.7
Average for Support for Diversity 61.3 59.1 58.3 60.7
Average for Pay and Benefits 66.2 66.8
Average for Family Friendly 45.7 47.2
Average for Work/Life Balance 64.4 63.7 64.4 62.7
Low Performing Average Score 2003 2005 2007 2009
Low Performing Average - Employee Skills 74.9 73.3 72.8 75.7
Low Performing Average - Management 53.9 49.4 49.1 50.9
Low Performing Average - Teamwork 65.4 66.9 66.0 67.2
Low Performing Average - Leadership 45.6 42.7 42.5 45.4
Low Performing Average - Rewards and Advancement 39.3 36.6 36.6 40.1
Low Performing Average - Training and Development 51.4 50.3 49.0 53.4
Low Performing Average - Support for Diversity 57.6 52.5 51.1 54.4
Low Performing Average - Pay and Benefits 58.8 60.5
Low Performing Average - Family Friendly 36.4 38.2
Low Performing Average - Work/Life Balance 59.7 56.3 59.7 55.6

Workforce Size and Trends

Number of Employees

 

Number of Employees in 2001: 13,879

Number of Employees in 2002: 13,857

Number of Employees in 2003: 12,211

Number of Employees in 2004: 12,249

Number of Employees in 2005: 12,312

Number of Employees in 2006: 11,875

Number of Employees in 2007: 11,738

Number of Employees in 2008: 11,742

Employees joined (2008): 756

Percentage joined (2008): 5.66%

Average joined (2004-2008): 795

Employees left (2008): 847

Percentage left (2008): 9.94%

Average left (2004-2008): 956

Rookie ratio (percentage of workforce with less than three years of service): 8.80%

More About the Agency

Headquartered in Washington, D.C.
Other Locations: Boston, MA; New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Atlanta, GA; Chicago, IL; Kansas City, MO; Fort Worth, TX; Denver, CO; San Francisco, CA; Auburn, WA and Washington, D.C.

http://www.gsa.gov

Male/Female Demographics Ethiniciy Demographics

Demographics source: FedScope, OPM

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