Agency Report

Maritime Administration

Best Places to Work Rank
out of 415 Agency Subcomponents

  186  

2018 Engagement Score
65.8

Change from 2017
1.4 

Parent Agency
Department of Transportation (Engagement Score: 67.7)
Mission
To promote the development and maintenance of an adequate, well-balanced United States merchant marine, sufficient to carry the nation's domestic waterborne commerce and a substantial portion of its waterborne foreign commerce, and capable of serving as a naval and military auxiliary in time of war or national emergency.
Website
http://www.marad.dot.gov/
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SCORES AND RANKINGS

Rank Change
(2017‑18)		 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2007 2005 2003
Engagement Score 186 of 415 1.4  65.8 64.4 69.5 64.9 67.9 59.9 59.8
Category Rank Change
(2017‑18)		 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2007 2005 2003
Effective Leadership 183  of 408 0.1  60.0 59.9 64.8 60.2 57.0 53.3 52.1
Effective Leadership: Empowerment 113  of 408 4.0  57.2 53.2 59.7 52.7 53.5 50.6 48.8
Effective Leadership: Fairness 254  of 408 -2.6  56.5 59.1 61.3 54.7 49.4 50.1 48.0
Effective Leadership: Senior Leaders 165  of 408 -1.8  53.2 55.0 60.2 53.0 54.1 47.0 44.3
Effective Leadership: Supervisors 234  of 408 1.6  70.0 68.4 73.5 74.0 65.4 62.7 63.5
Employee Skills–Mission Match 252  of 410 -0.5  77.7 78.2 79.4 77.0 74.8 73.0 74.6
Pay 322  of 410 -2.1  58.2 60.3 62.9 53.5 64.0 49.9 54.2
Strategic Management 227  of 409 2.7  59.2 56.5 61.3 52.7 55.3 52.3 51.6
Teamwork 304  of 409 -1.6  66.9 68.5 68.9 66.3 64.1 61.9 62.3
Innovation 214  of 409 2.2  65.8 63.6 69.5 64.5 62.3 60.0 60.6
Training and Development 251  of 410 2.8  60.7 57.9 62.5 57.1 61.6 53.2 54.1
Work–Life Balance 246  of 409 -0.5  62.0 62.5 69.4 66.3 69.3 60.9 60.0
Support for Diversity 250  of 409 -4.8  60.0 64.8 63.4 61.3 55.7 55.1 54.6
Performance-Based Rewards and Advancement 200  of 408 2.4  50.3 47.9 56.5 49.7 43.8 42.2 40.3
Quartile Key
Lower Quartile (0–25%) Below Median (25–50%) Above Median (50–75%) Upper Quartile (75–100%)
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TREND GRAPHS

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WORKFORCE SIZE AND DEMOGRAPHICS

Data source: FedScope, U.S. Office of Personnel Management

Employees joined (2017)
40 ( 6.1% )

Average joined (2013-2017)
44

Workforce with less than three years of service
11.4%

Employees left (2017)
60 ( 9.2% )

Average left (2013-2017)
65

Gender Demographics

Race/Ethnicity Demographics