U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
PROFILE OF SELECTED INDICATORS
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Permanent Work Force: 90,858
Total Work Force: 114,978
- Agriculture's permanent work force participation rate for women
was 42.39%, for Blacks was 10.64%, for Hispanics was 5.76%, for
Asians/Pacific Islanders was 2.54%, and for American
Indians/Alaskan Natives was 2.46%.
- Agriculture's top three major occupational areas are General
Business and Industry, Loan Specialist, and Soil Conservation.
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- In the General Business and Industry occupation, the
participation rate for women was 84.08%, for Blacks was 12.06%, for
Hispanics was 5.49%, for Asians/Pacific Islanders was 0.98%, and
for American Indians/Alaskan Natives was 2.32%.
- In the Loan Specialist occupation, the participation rate for
women was 43.34%, for Blacks was 7.65%, for Hispanics was 4.86%,
for Asians/Pacific Islanders was 1%, and for American
Indians/Alaskan Islanders was 1.33%.
- In the Soil Conservation occupation, the participation rate for
women was 21.26%, for Blacks was 7.36%, for Hispanics was 3.85%,
for Asians/Pacific Islanders was 0.84%, and for American
Indians/Alaskan Natives was 2.53%.
- Agriculture's GS-14 and GS-15 grade level participation rate
for women was 26.14%, for Blacks was 8.40%, for Hispanics was
2.91%, for Asians/Pacific Islanders was 3.68%, and for American
Indians/Alaskan Natives was 0.99%.
- Agriculture's Senior Pay Level participation rate for women was
23.79%, for Blacks was 10.62%, for Hispanics was 3.93%, for
Asians/Pacific Islanders was 2.08%, and for American
Indians/Alaskan Natives was 0.69%.
- People with targeted disabilities were 1.09% of the total work
force. The estimated availability for people with targeted
disabilities is 5.95%.
- Agriculture completed 185 ADR efforts during the pre-complaint
process; 32 resulted in a settlement.
- There were 928 instances of pre-complaint counseling. Seven
hundred and twenty-one individuals filed 773 discrimination
complaints.
- Agriculture completed 153 ADR efforts during the complaint
process; 66 resulted in a settlement.
- Agriculture settled 326 complaints.
- Agriculture paid $718,765 for corrective actions: $3,338 for
front or back pay awards, $189,256 for lump sum payments, $405,408
for compensatory damages, and $120,763 for attorney's fees.
- Agriculture issued 146 decisions on the merits. Seven findings
of discrimination were issued.
- Agriculture took an average of 478 days to process a complaint
from filing to closing. The average processing time for a merit
decision was 582 days.
Table of EEO Indicators
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