Overall Index Scores for Employee Satisfaction and Engagement

The overall index score measures the performance of agencies and agency subcomponents related to employee satisfaction and engagement.

Rank	Agency Name	2007 Score	2005 Score	Percent Change
1	Nuclear Regulatory Commission	76.2	74.8	1.9%
2	Government Accountability Office	72.1	74.6	-3.4%
3	Securities and Exchange Commission	71.9	73.1	-1.6%
4	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	69.7	69.9	-0.3%
5	Department of Justice	69.0	64.5	7.0%
6	Department of State	67.9	66.6	2.0%
7	Social Security Administration	66.5	60.6	9.7%
8	General Services Administration	65.7	69.6	-5.6%
9	Environmental Protection Agency	65.5	67.8	-3.4%
10	Department of the Army	64.8	64.9	-0.2%
11	Department of the Air Force	63.8	62.6	1.9%
12	Department of Commerce	63.5	64.0	-0.8%
13	All Department of Defense	62.9	63.1	-0.3%
14	Department of the Treasury	62.7	58.6	7.0%
15	Department of Veteran Affairs	61.9	66.2	-6.5%
15	Department of Labor	61.9	61.4	0.8%
17	Department of Agriculture	61.6	62.7	-1.8%
18	Department of Health and Human Services	61.3	62.1	-1.3%
19	Department of the Navy	61.1	62.5	-2.2%
20	Department of Energy	60.9	67.0	-9.1%
21	Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	59.5	54.5	9.2%
22	Department of the Interior	59.1	62.8	-5.9%
23	Department of Housing and Urban Development	57.2	60.3	-5.1%
24	Equal Employment Opportunity Commission	57.1	57.9	-1.4%
25	Office of Personnel Management	54.9	54.2	1.3%
25	National Archives and Records Administration	54.9	56.5	-2.8%
27	Department of Transportation	52.9	59.8	-11.5%
28	Department of Education	52.1	54.0	-3.5%
29	Department of Homeland Security	49.8	49.1	1.4%
30	Small Business Administration	43.4	45.4	-4.4%

The Best Places to Work rankings — the most comprehensive and authoritative rating of employee engagement in the federal government — are produced by the Partnership for Public Service and American University’s Institute for the Study of Public Policy Implementation (ISPPI).