National Institutes of Health (HHS)

Mission: To serve as the steward of medical and behavioral research for the United State. NIH acquires new knowledge to help prevent, detect, diagnose and treat disease and disability. It conducts supportive and innovative laboratory research, trains research investigators and disseminates medical and health sciences information.

Scores and Rankings

• 2009
• Previous Years

• Previous Years

Best in Class Scores	2007 Score	2005 Score	2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match	80.4	77.3	81.6
Strategic Management	61.3	59.6	65.6
Teamwork	73.8	72.8	70.6
Effective Leadership	55.4	51.5	53.3
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement	52.2	48.1	50.9
Training and Development	64.6	64.0	63.0
Support for Diversity	66.1	63.5	68.7
Pay and Benefits	66.6
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits	47.4
Work/Life Balance	68.3	67.9	74.3

• 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
American Indian or Native American

Year	National Institutes of Health (HHS) Index Score	Subcomponent High Performing Average	Subcomponent Average Index Score	Subcomponent Low Performing Average
2003	67.6	69.3	61.0	51.9
2005	62.7	73.0	62.9	52.3
2007	65.6	73.8	61.9	49.0
2009	66.1	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: 12,617

Number of Employees in 2002: 12,679

Number of Employees in 2003: 12,362

Number of Employees in 2004: 12,069

Number of Employees in 2005: 12,111

Number of Employees in 2006: 13,966

Number of Employees in 2007: 13,515

Number of Employees in 2008: 12,621

Employees joined (2008): 1,129

Percentage joined (2008): 6.26%

Average joined (2004-2008): 875

Employees left (2008): 826

Percentage left (2008): 5.11%

Average left (2004-2008): 716

Rookie ratio (percentage of workforce with less than three years of service): 15.70%

More About the Agency

Headquartered in Bethesda, MD
Other Locations: 27 Institutes and Centers throughout MD; Research Triangle Park, NC; New York, NY; Boston, MA; Hamilton, MT; and Phoenix, AZ.

http://www.nih.gov/

Demographics source: FedScope, OPM

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