Best Places to Work in the Federal Governement 2007 (header image goes here)
70.9
#29 out of 216

U.S. Coast Guard (DHS)

Mission: To protect the public, the environment and the United States economic and security interests in any maritime region in which those interests may be at risk, including international waters and America's coasts, ports and inland waterways.

Scores and Rankings

Index Score Score Rank out of 216
  70.9 29
Best in Class Scores Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Employee Skills/Mission Match 80.8 53  of  216
Strategic Management 57.9 121  of  216
Teamwork 74.7 52  of  216
Effective Leadership 58.8 34  of  216
Effective Leadership - Empowerment 56.3 36  of  216
Effective Leadership - Fairness 51.0 46  of  216
Effective Leadership - Leaders 58.1 25  of  216
Effective Leadership - Supervisors 66.7 60  of  216
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 51.9 56  of  216
Training and Development 60.7 128  of  216
Support for Diversity 65.1 62  of  216
Pay and Benefits 64.5 159  of  216
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 48.4 88  of  216
Work/Life Balance 66.8 58  of  216
Index Score 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
  68.6 73.2 No data
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 78.9 82.8 80.4
Strategic Management 57.6 60.9 60.7
Teamwork 71.3 76.3 67.9
Effective Leadership 56.0 58.6 52.1
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 48.0 46.3 46.8
Training and Development 59.8 61.4 55.8
Support for Diversity 60.3 60.0 58.8
Pay and Benefits 61.3 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 28.2 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 65.7 68.7 68.7
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 78.9 82.8 80.4
Strategic Management 57.6 60.9 60.7
Teamwork 71.3 76.3 67.9
Effective Leadership 56.0 58.6 52.1
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 48.0 46.3 46.8
Training and Development 59.8 61.4 55.8
Support for Diversity 60.3 60.0 58.8
Pay and Benefits 61.3 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 28.2 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 65.7 68.7 68.7
Scores by Demographic Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Female 69.8 37  of  216
Male 71.5 32  of  214
40 and over 70.7 31  of  216
Under 40 71.9 51  of  199
Asian No data No data
Black or African-American 73.0 15  of  188
Hispanic or Latino 68.3 36  of  174
Multi-racial No data No data
White 71.4 33  of  215
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 70.2 No data No data
Under 40 60.0 No data No data
Asian 29.1 No data No data
Black or African-American 64.1 No data No data
Hispanic or Latino No data No data No data
Multi-racial 60.0 No data No data
White 70.7 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

Trends

Index Scores

Best in Class Scores

 




Year U.S. Coast Guard (DHS) Index Score Subcomponent High Performing Average Subcomponent Average Index Score Subcomponent Low Performing Average
2003 69.3 61.0 51.9
2005 73.2 73.0 62.9 52.3
2007 68.6 73.8 61.9 49.0
2009 70.9 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: 5,667

Number of Employees in 2002: 5,851

Number of Employees in 2003: 6,043

Number of Employees in 2004: 6,408

Number of Employees in 2005: 6,732

Number of Employees in 2006: 7,129

Number of Employees in 2007: 7,248

Number of Employees in 2008: 7,313

Employees joined (2008): 786

Percentage joined (2008): 11.28%

Average joined (2004-2008): 742

Employees left (2008): 659

Percentage left (2008): 7.94%

Average left (2004-2008): 546

Rookie ratio (percentage of workforce with less than three years of service): 12.30%

More About the Agency

Headquartered in Washington, D.C.
Other Locations: Locations across the United States; training facility in Cape May, NJ

http://www.uscg.mil/default.asp

Male/Female Demographics Ethiniciy Demographics

Demographics source: FedScope, OPM

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