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58.0
#24 out of 30

Department of Housing and Urban Development

Mission: To increase homeownership, support community development and increase access to affordable housing, free from discrimination. The Department of Housing and Urban Development funds public housing projects, enforces equal housing laws and insures and finances mortgages.

1,640

The number of mission-criticial jobs the Department of Housing and Urban Development 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
  58.0 24
Best in Class Scores Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Employee Skills/Mission Match 75.0 27  of  29
Strategic Management 50.0 27  of  28
Teamwork 65.9 28  of  28
Effective Leadership 44.5 27  of  28
Effective Leadership - Empowerment 41.5 26  of  28
Effective Leadership - Fairness 37.3 28  of  28
Effective Leadership - Leaders 40.3 25  of  28
Effective Leadership - Supervisors 55.7 27  of  28
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 42.4 23  of  28
Training and Development 49.8 28  of  28
Support for Diversity 52.6 28  of  28
Pay and Benefits 70.4 7  of  28
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 50.2 10  of  28
Work/Life Balance 57.5 25  of  28
Index Score 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
  57.2 60.3 56.5
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 73.8 75.2 74.0
Strategic Management 49.7 49.4 52.9
Teamwork 66.6 65.8 68.0
Effective Leadership 45.8 46.1 44.8
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 46.2 44.6 45.5
Training and Development 49.4 51.8 51.5
Support for Diversity 53.5 53.5 58.1
Pay and Benefits 68.4 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 46.3 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 58.4 59.9 61.1
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 73.8 75.2 74.0
Strategic Management 49.7 49.4 52.9
Teamwork 66.6 65.8 68.0
Effective Leadership 45.8 46.1 44.8
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 46.2 44.6 45.5
Training and Development 49.4 51.8 51.5
Support for Diversity 53.5 53.5 58.1
Pay and Benefits 68.4 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 46.3 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 58.4 59.9 61.1
Scores by Demographic Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Female 57.5 25  of  29
Male 59.0 23  of  29
40 and over 59.2 23  of  29
Under 40 49.9 29  of  29
Asian 59.7 26  of  28
Black or African-American 58.0 26  of  29
Hispanic or Latino 61.7 20  of  29
Multi-racial 46.2 26  of  28
White 58.9 25  of  29
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 58.3 No data No data
Under 40 49.7 No data No data
Asian 62.2 No data No data
Black or African-American 57.1 No data No data
Hispanic or Latino No data No data No data
Multi-racial 51.0 No data No data
White 57.5 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 Department of Housing and Urban Development Index Score Large Agency High Performing Average Large Agency Average Index Score Large Agency Low Performing Average
2003 56.5 65.0 60.8 55.9
2005 60.3 72.4 62.4 51.4
2007 57.2 71.8 61.7 50.6
2009 58.0 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: 9,660

Number of Employees in 2002: 9,745

Number of Employees in 2003: 10,105

Number of Employees in 2004: 9,789

Number of Employees in 2005: 9,622

Number of Employees in 2006: 9,415

Number of Employees in 2007: 9,239

Number of Employees in 2008: 9,448

Employees joined (2008): 724

Percentage joined (2008): 4.80%

Average joined (2004-2008): 443

Employees left (2008): 632

Percentage left (2008): 7.37%

Average left (2004-2008): 648

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: Seattle, WA; Atlanta, GA; Ft. Worth, TX; San Francisco, CA; Denver, CO; Boston, MA; Philadelphia, PA; Kansas City, KS; Chicago, IL and New York, NY

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Male/Female Demographics Ethiniciy Demographics

Demographics source: FedScope, OPM

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