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63.7
#14 out of 30

Department of the Navy

Mission: To maintain, train and equip combat-ready Naval forces capable of winning wars, deterring aggression and maintaining freedom of the seas.

12,878

The number of mission-criticial jobs the Department of the Navy 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
  63.7 14
Best in Class Scores Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Employee Skills/Mission Match 78.6 14  of  29
Strategic Management 56.0 20  of  28
Teamwork 71.9 12  of  28
Effective Leadership 53.7 8  of  28
Effective Leadership - Empowerment 51.5 10  of  28
Effective Leadership - Fairness 47.8 7  of  28
Effective Leadership - Leaders 49.2 12  of  28
Effective Leadership - Supervisors 63.8 11  of  28
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 46.4 15  of  28
Training and Development 61.2 15  of  28
Support for Diversity 61.4 10  of  28
Pay and Benefits 64.3 20  of  28
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 40.7 23  of  28
Work/Life Balance 63.3 14  of  28
Index Score 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
  61.1 62.5 60.8
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 77.7 77.7 78.6
Strategic Management 53.6 54.8 58.2
Teamwork 70.7 71.5 68.5
Effective Leadership 50.8 51.8 48.2
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 44.3 44.2 42.5
Training and Development 58.7 59.5 57.0
Support for Diversity 56.8 57.4 58.5
Pay and Benefits 62.3 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 38.9 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 62.1 63.7 63.8
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 77.7 77.7 78.6
Strategic Management 53.6 54.8 58.2
Teamwork 70.7 71.5 68.5
Effective Leadership 50.8 51.8 48.2
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 44.3 44.2 42.5
Training and Development 58.7 59.5 57.0
Support for Diversity 56.8 57.4 58.5
Pay and Benefits 62.3 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 38.9 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 62.1 63.7 63.8
Scores by Demographic Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Female 62.3 16  of  29
Male 64.3 14  of  29
40 and over 63.6 14  of  29
Under 40 64.2 14  of  29
Asian 70.0 9  of  28
Black or African-American 61.8 17  of  29
Hispanic or Latino 66.5 14  of  29
Multi-racial 51.6 22  of  28
White 64.0 15  of  29
American Indian or Native American 54.6 17  of  19
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 60.5 No data No data
Under 40 63.5 No data No data
Asian 65.7 No data No data
Black or African-American 59.2 No data No data
Hispanic or Latino No data No data No data
Multi-racial 49.6 No data No data
White 61.2 No data No data
American Indian or Native American 53.6 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 Department of the Navy Index Score Large Agency High Performing Average Large Agency Average Index Score Large Agency Low Performing Average
2003 60.8 65.0 60.8 55.9
2005 62.5 72.4 62.4 51.4
2007 61.1 71.8 61.7 50.6
2009 63.7 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: 173,767

Number of Employees in 2002: 175,183

Number of Employees in 2003: 174,693

Number of Employees in 2004: 171,388

Number of Employees in 2005: 168,571

Number of Employees in 2006: 167,720

Number of Employees in 2007: 167,587

Number of Employees in 2008: 173,542

Employees joined (2008): 17,860

Percentage joined (2008): 7.01%

Average joined (2004-2008): 12,277

Employees left (2008): 11,951

Percentage left (2008): 7.55%

Average left (2004-2008): 13,020

Rookie ratio (percentage of workforce with less than three years of service): 12.90%

More About the Agency

Headquartered in Arlington, VA at the Pentagon

http://www.navy.mil/

Male/Female Demographics Ethiniciy Demographics

Demographics source: FedScope, OPM

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