Best Places to Work in the Federal Governement 2007 (header image goes here)
59.8
#160 out of 216

National Park Service (Interior)

Mission: To promote and regulate the use of national parks in order to conserve scenery, natural and cultural resources, historic objects and wildlife for the enjoyment, education and inspiration of this and future generations.

Scores and Rankings

Index Score Score Rank out of 216
  59.8 160
Best in Class Scores Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Employee Skills/Mission Match 78.3 120  of  216
Strategic Management 49.8 204  of  216
Teamwork 65.8 204  of  216
Effective Leadership 45.9 195  of  216
Effective Leadership - Empowerment 44.2 193  of  216
Effective Leadership - Fairness 41.5 173  of  216
Effective Leadership - Leaders 38.5 200  of  216
Effective Leadership - Supervisors 57.3 201  of  216
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 40.1 200  of  216
Training and Development 50.8 206  of  216
Support for Diversity 56.0 190  of  216
Pay and Benefits 63.0 174  of  216
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 38.3 185  of  216
Work/Life Balance 52.2 215  of  216
Index Score 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
  58.2 62.5 64.1
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 78.3 78.8 81.0
Strategic Management 50.8 51.2 59.9
Teamwork 65.7 68.1 66.3
Effective Leadership 45.7 45.2 49.3
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 39.4 40.4 42.2
Training and Development 49.9 50.8 53.2
Support for Diversity 55.6 54.0 62.8
Pay and Benefits 63.1 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 38.7 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 51.7 53.6 58.5
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 78.3 78.8 81.0
Strategic Management 50.8 51.2 59.9
Teamwork 65.7 68.1 66.3
Effective Leadership 45.7 45.2 49.3
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 39.4 40.4 42.2
Training and Development 49.9 50.8 53.2
Support for Diversity 55.6 54.0 62.8
Pay and Benefits 63.1 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 38.7 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 51.7 53.6 58.5
Scores by Demographic Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Female 59.7 154  of  216
Male 59.8 166  of  214
40 and over 59.6 171  of  216
Under 40 60.3 141  of  199
Asian 66.2 50  of  74
Black or African-American 59.9 119  of  188
Hispanic or Latino 59.9 90  of  174
Multi-racial 53.7 25  of  43
White 60.0 167  of  215
American Indian or Native American 56.5 10  of  15
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 58.9 No data No data
Under 40 55.3 No data No data
Asian 64.5 No data No data
Black or African-American 54.0 No data No data
Hispanic or Latino No data No data No data
Multi-racial 54.1 No data No data
White 58.5 No data No data
American Indian or Native American 60.0 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 National Park Service (Interior) Index Score Subcomponent High Performing Average Subcomponent Average Index Score Subcomponent Low Performing Average
2003 64.1 69.3 61.0 51.9
2005 62.5 73.0 62.9 52.3
2007 58.2 73.8 61.9 49.0
2009 59.8 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: 16,175

Number of Employees in 2002: 16,318

Number of Employees in 2003: 16,404

Number of Employees in 2004: 16,182

Number of Employees in 2005: 15,925

Number of Employees in 2006: 15,515

Number of Employees in 2007: 15,137

Number of Employees in 2008: 15,085

Employees joined (2008): 733

Percentage joined (2008): 2.89%

Average joined (2004-2008): 544

Employees left (2008): 1,179

Percentage left (2008): 7.04%

Average left (2004-2008): 1,104

Rookie ratio (percentage of workforce with less than three years of service): 5.50%

More About the Agency

Headquartered in Washington, D.C.
Other Locations: Maintains 7 Regional Offices; an interpretive design center in Harpers Ferry, WV; and a service center in Denver, CO, for park design and construction of facilities. Encompasses more than 380 sites across the United States, Guam, Saipan, Samoa, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.

http://www.nps.gov/

Male/Female Demographics Ethiniciy Demographics

Demographics source: FedScope, OPM

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