Best Places to Work in the Federal Governement 2007 (header image goes here)
66.7
#61 out of 216

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Interior)

Mission: To protect fish, wildlife and plants and their habitats—with a particular focus on migratory birds, endangered species, certain marine mammals, and freshwater and anadromous fish.

Scores and Rankings

Index Score Score Rank out of 216
  66.7 61
Best in Class Scores Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Employee Skills/Mission Match 79.2 91  of  216
Strategic Management 56.7 144  of  216
Teamwork 71.7 114  of  216
Effective Leadership 51.4 152  of  216
Effective Leadership - Empowerment 51.7 105  of  216
Effective Leadership - Fairness 46.4 94  of  216
Effective Leadership - Leaders 41.7 184  of  216
Effective Leadership - Supervisors 64.6 100  of  216
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 48.3 104  of  216
Training and Development 67.0 37  of  216
Support for Diversity 61.7 119  of  216
Pay and Benefits 65.6 140  of  216
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 44.5 112  of  216
Work/Life Balance 57.7 192  of  216
Index Score 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
  64.1 68.0 67.5
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 78.4 80.2 82.7
Strategic Management 55.4 58.0 63.1
Teamwork 71.3 73.1 69.8
Effective Leadership 49.7 52.2 52.4
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 45.0 48.9 47.5
Training and Development 62.7 65.6 64.1
Support for Diversity 59.6 59.8 64.2
Pay and Benefits 63.9 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 39.4 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 57.4 59.5 65.1
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 78.4 80.2 82.7
Strategic Management 55.4 58.0 63.1
Teamwork 71.3 73.1 69.8
Effective Leadership 49.7 52.2 52.4
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 45.0 48.9 47.5
Training and Development 62.7 65.6 64.1
Support for Diversity 59.6 59.8 64.2
Pay and Benefits 63.9 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 39.4 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 57.4 59.5 65.1
Scores by Demographic Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Female 65.8 69  of  216
Male 67.2 74  of  214
40 and over 65.9 67  of  216
Under 40 69.4 71  of  199
Asian 64.3 55  of  74
Black or African-American 66.7 63  of  188
Hispanic or Latino 65.6 57  of  174
Multi-racial 65.5 5  of  43
White 66.9 76  of  215
American Indian or Native American 70.9 1  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 62.5 No data No data
Under 40 68.4 No data No data
Asian 60.1 No data No data
Black or African-American 65.8 No data No data
Hispanic or Latino No data No data No data
Multi-racial 58.7 No data No data
White 64.3 No data No data
American Indian or Native American 68.7 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
American Indian or Native American No data No data No data

Trends

Index Scores

Best in Class Scores

 




Year U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Interior) Index Score Subcomponent High Performing Average Subcomponent Average Index Score Subcomponent Low Performing Average
2003 67.5 69.3 61.0 51.9
2005 68.0 73.0 62.9 52.3
2007 64.1 73.8 61.9 49.0
2009 66.7 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: 7,863

Number of Employees in 2002: 8,177

Number of Employees in 2003: 8,448

Number of Employees in 2004: 8,397

Number of Employees in 2005: 8,209

Number of Employees in 2006: 7,960

Number of Employees in 2007: 7,827

Number of Employees in 2008: 7,831

Employees joined (2008): 358

Percentage joined (2008): 3.33%

Average joined (2004-2008): 313

Employees left (2008): 502

Percentage left (2008): 6.81%

Average left (2004-2008): 531

Rookie ratio (percentage of workforce with less than three years of service): 6.10%

More About the Agency

Headquartered in Washington, D.C.
Other Locations: 8 regional offices and 700 field units across the United States

http://www.fws.gov/

Male/Female Demographics Ethiniciy Demographics

Demographics source: FedScope, OPM

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