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73.7
#10 out of 32

Federal Trade Commission

Mission: To ensure that the nation’s markets are vigorous, efficient and free of restrictions that harm consumers. To enforce federal consumer protection laws that prevent fraud, deception and unfair business practices, as well as antitrust laws that prohibit anti-competitive mergers and other business practices that restrict competition and harm consumers.

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The number of mission-criticial jobs the Federal Trade Commission 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 32
  73.7 10
Best in Class Scores Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Employee Skills/Mission Match 80.8 12  of  31
Strategic Management 68.5 6  of  31
Teamwork 77.8 6  of  31
Effective Leadership 61.6 5  of  31
Effective Leadership - Empowerment 54.3 12  of  31
Effective Leadership - Fairness 53.0 6  of  31
Effective Leadership - Leaders 60.8 6  of  31
Effective Leadership - Supervisors 72.4 5  of  31
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 60.3 5  of  31
Training and Development 64.8 12  of  31
Support for Diversity 67.0 10  of  31
Pay and Benefits 67.7 20  of  31
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 38.7 23  of  31
Work/Life Balance 75.4 7  of  31
Index Score 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
  71.1 71.9 No data
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 79.4 79.3 No data
Strategic Management 64.5 65.2 No data
Teamwork 78.3 74.3 No data
Effective Leadership 57.7 56.9 No data
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 56.3 55.6 No data
Training and Development 61.1 61.7 No data
Support for Diversity 60.7 55.8 No data
Pay and Benefits 67.4 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 39.8 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 73.4 71.3 No data
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 79.4 79.3 No data
Strategic Management 64.5 65.2 No data
Teamwork 78.3 74.3 No data
Effective Leadership 57.7 56.9 No data
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 56.3 55.6 No data
Training and Development 61.1 61.7 No data
Support for Diversity 60.7 55.8 No data
Pay and Benefits 67.4 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 39.8 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 73.4 71.3 No data
Scores by Demographic Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Female 72.6 3  of  13
Male 75.0 4  of  13
40 and over 73.9 4  of  13
Under 40 73.2 3  of  13
Asian No data No data
Black or African-American 64.6 6  of  11
Hispanic or Latino No data No data
Multi-racial No data No data
White 76.6 3  of  13
American Indian or Native American 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 70.1 No data No data
Under 40 72.9 No data No data
Asian No data No data No data
Black or African-American 56.6 No data No data
Hispanic or Latino No data No data No data
Multi-racial No data No data No data
White 74.0 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 Federal Trade Commission Index Score Small Agency High Performing Average Small Agency Average Index Score Small Agency Low Performing Average
2003
2005 71.9 76.2 63.0 49.3
2007 71.1 77.2 62.4 43.7
2009 73.7 79.2 65.1 42.5

Comparative Data — Small Agency Averages

High Performing Average Scores 2003 2005 2007 2009
High Performing Average - Employee Skills 84.8 85.1 85.2
High Performing Average - Management 68.9 68.7 73.5
High Performing Average - Teamwork 77.9 77.8 80.5
High Performing Average - Leadership 58.3 61.5 65.0
High Performing Average - Rewards and Advancement 56.1 58.6 62.7
High Performing Average - Training and Development 73.5 72.4 74.3
High Performing Average - Support for Diversity 68.4 68.4 70.9
High Performing Average - Pay and Benefits 77.7 79.8
High Performing Average - Family Friendly 58.7 60.1
High Performing Average - Work/Life Balance 74.5 77.1 80.0
Average Index Scores 2003 2005 2007 2009
Average for Employee Skills 74.0 77.6 78.8
Average for Management 59.8 58.8 60.6
Average for Teamwork 70.8 71.3 72.8
Average for Leadership 50.9 51.3 52.8
Average for Rewards and Advancement 47.8 48.7 50.3
Average for Training and Development 61.8 59.6 60.4
Average for Support for Diversity 58.1 58.0 61.3
Average for Pay and Benefits 70.4 70.5
Average for Family Friendly 43.6 46.2
Average for Work/Life Balance 67.9 67.3 67.2
Low Performing Average Score 2003 2005 2007 2009
Low Performing Average - Employee Skills 55.5 69.7 69.1
Low Performing Average - Management 50.9 45.3 42.7
Low Performing Average - Teamwork 63.5 62.5 61.2
Low Performing Average - Leadership 42.5 38.5 37.0
Low Performing Average - Rewards and Advancement 39.7 35.9 33.6
Low Performing Average - Training and Development 51.8 44.5 42.0
Low Performing Average - Support for Diversity 49.6 45.3 47.0
Low Performing Average - Pay and Benefits 64.4 63.4
Low Performing Average - Family Friendly 24.3 29.6
Low Performing Average - Work/Life Balance 60.4 55.2 52.7

Workforce Size and Trends

Number of Employees

 

Number of Employees in 2001: 883

Number of Employees in 2002: 927

Number of Employees in 2003: 931

Number of Employees in 2004: 914

Number of Employees in 2005: 878

Number of Employees in 2006: 920

Number of Employees in 2007: 951

Number of Employees in 2008: 975

Employees joined (2008): 84

Percentage joined (2008): 13.04%

Average joined (2004-2008): 90

Employees left (2008): 72

Percentage left (2008): 9.78%

Average left (2004-2008): 92

Rookie ratio (percentage of workforce with less than three years of service): 17.70%

More About the Agency

Headquartered in Washington, D.C.
Other Locations: New York City, Cleveland, Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles

http://www.ftc.gov/

Male/Female Demographics Ethiniciy Demographics

Demographics source: FedScope, OPM

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