Best Places to Work in the Federal Government 2007

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General Information

Mission: Serving as the steward of medical and behavioral research for the U.S., NIH acquires new knowledge to help prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat disease and disability. It conducts supportive and innovative laboratory research, trains research investigators, and disseminates medical and health sciences information.

Headquarters: Bethesda, MD

Other Locations: Twenty-seven Institutes and Centers throughout MD; Research Triangle Park, NC; New York, NY; Boston, MA; Hamilton, MT and Phoenix, AZ.

2007 Scores and Rankings

Category	Score	Rank (out of 222)
Overall Index Score	65.6	63
Best in Class Scores	Score	Rank (out of 222)
Employee Skills/Mission Match	80.4	55
Strategic Management	61.3	46
Teamwork	73.8	55
Effective Leadership	55.4	54
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement	52.2	41
Training and Development	64.6	50
Support for Diversity	66.1	25
Pay and Benefits	66.6	113
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits	47.4	86
Work/Life Balance	68.3	38
Scores by Demographic	Score	Rank (out of varied totals)
Female	63.6	56
Male	63.9	69
40 and Over	64.7	69
Under 40	68.7	60
Asian	67.2	37
Black or African-American	62.0	92
Hispanic or Latino	60.4	21
Multi-racial	63.2	4
White	65.2	76

 

Workforce Size and Trends

Number of Employees in 2001: 12,617
Number of Employees in 2002: 12,679
Number of Employees in 2003: 12,362
Number of Employees in 2004: 12,069
Number of Employees in 2005: 12,111
Number of Employees in 2006: 13,966
Employees joined (2006): 874
Average joined (2002-2006): 731
Employees left (2006): 713
Average left (2002-2006): 619
Rookie ratio (percentage of workforce with less than three years of service): 15.0%

Demographics

Female: 60.04%
Male: 39.96%
American Indian: 0.4%
Asian: 13.1%
Black: 19.5%
Hispanic: 3.5%
White: 63.5%
Disabled: 5.5%