2024 Best Places to Work in the Federal Government^®

The annual Best Places to Work in the Federal Government® rankings, produced by the nonprofit, nonpartisan Partnership for Public Service, measure employee engagement and satisfaction across government as well as at individual departments, agencies and subcomponents.

The latest Best Places to Work data shows that two thirds of our nation’s career civil servants were engaged and satisfied with their work and jobs during the spring and summer of 2024, setting a benchmark for the Trump administration as it jettisons large numbers of employees and disrupts agency operations.

The government-wide 2024 Best Places to Work employee engagement and satisfaction score was 67.7 out of 100, with the accompanying rankings and data providing federal leaders with a picture of their organization’s strengths and weaknesses from the perspective of the workforce during the last year of the Biden administration.

While this information provides leaders with a roadmap to better manage our government’s most important asset—its employees, our nation’s civil servants are facing a challenging and disruptive time. Since taking office, the Trump administration has fired large numbers of employees as well as suspended or altered the work of numerus agencies, adversely affecting morale across the government.

The effectiveness of our government is dependent on the nation’s dedicated civil servants who provide essential services to the public everyday. The 2024 Best Places to Work rankings and data provide important insights and an alternative approach to government reform that involves supporting and motivating the federal workforce to best serve the needs of our nation.