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62.7
#20 out of 30

Office of Personnel Management

Mission: To build a high quality and diverse federal workforce, based on merit system principles, that America needs to guarantee freedom, promote prosperity and ensure the security of this great nation. OPM serves as the corporate human resources organization for the federal government.

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The number of mission-criticial jobs the Office of Personnel Management 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
  62.7 20
Best in Class Scores Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Employee Skills/Mission Match 79.0 10  of  29
Strategic Management 59.3 11  of  28
Teamwork 71.2 14  of  28
Effective Leadership 52.3 12  of  28
Effective Leadership - Empowerment 46.1 20  of  28
Effective Leadership - Fairness 42.4 21  of  28
Effective Leadership - Leaders 50.3 9  of  28
Effective Leadership - Supervisors 64.9 8  of  28
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 45.0 18  of  28
Training and Development 57.2 21  of  28
Support for Diversity 56.4 23  of  28
Pay and Benefits 71.8 3  of  28
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 55.8 5  of  28
Work/Life Balance 66.2 5  of  28
Index Score 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
  54.9 54.2 62.7
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 76.4 76.2 77.6
Strategic Management 56.6 53.9 60.5
Teamwork 69.8 70.2 70.0
Effective Leadership 47.9 46.4 50.5
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 40.7 39.6 47.6
Training and Development 48.6 52.8 57.8
Support for Diversity 54.7 56.1 61.4
Pay and Benefits 70.4 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 53.2 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 60.2 63.3 67.9
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 76.4 76.2 77.6
Strategic Management 56.6 53.9 60.5
Teamwork 69.8 70.2 70.0
Effective Leadership 47.9 46.4 50.5
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 40.7 39.6 47.6
Training and Development 48.6 52.8 57.8
Support for Diversity 54.7 56.1 61.4
Pay and Benefits 70.4 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 53.2 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 60.2 63.3 67.9
Scores by Demographic Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Female 62.7 14  of  29
Male 62.8 19  of  29
40 and over 62.6 17  of  29
Under 40 63.1 19  of  29
Asian 67.1 15  of  28
Black or African-American 59.8 21  of  29
Hispanic or Latino 70.6 6  of  29
Multi-racial 48.8 23  of  28
White 64.8 12  of  29
American Indian or Native American No data 20
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 53.9 No data No data
Under 40 58.7 No data No data
Asian 56.0 No data No data
Black or African-American 58.0 No data No data
Hispanic or Latino No data No data No data
Multi-racial 34.6 No data No data
White 55.0 No data No data
American Indian or Native American No data 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 Office of Personnel Management Index Score Large Agency High Performing Average Large Agency Average Index Score Large Agency Low Performing Average
2003 62.7 65.0 60.8 55.9
2005 54.2 72.4 62.4 51.4
2007 54.9 71.8 61.7 50.6
2009 62.7 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: 2,454

Number of Employees in 2002: 2,509

Number of Employees in 2003: 2,467

Number of Employees in 2004: 2,523

Number of Employees in 2005: 4,062

Number of Employees in 2006: 4,189

Number of Employees in 2007: 4,422

Number of Employees in 2008: 4,400

Employees joined (2008): 366

Percentage joined (2008): 12.60%

Average joined (2004-2008): 744

Employees left (2008): 420

Percentage left (2008): 9.67%

Average left (2004-2008): 373

Rookie ratio (percentage of workforce with less than three years of service): 15.70%

More About the Agency

Headquartered in Washington, D.C.
Other Locations: California, Georgia, Illinois, Missouri and Pennsylvania

http://www.opm.gov/

Male/Female Demographics Ethiniciy Demographics

Demographics source: FedScope, OPM

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