May 15, 2007

Diversity In Social Security's Workforce

Reginald Wells, Social Security's Deputy Commissioner for Human Resources and Chief Human Capital Officer testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on the subject of workforce diversity at Social Security. His written statement included the following interesting table on race and ethnicity in Social Security's Senior Executive Service (SES) workforce:

Race/Etnicity

SSA†

Civilian Labor Force *

White

53.4%

72.5%

Black

28.2%

10.2%

Hispanic

12.9%

12.8%

Asian

4.2%

4.1%

American-Indian

1.2%

0.6%


† SSA workforce profile as of March 31, 2007

* CLF data based on 09/30/2005 OPM figures

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

The statement talks about diversity in the SES. What are the figures for the ALJ category?

Anonymous said...

SSA needs to stop worrying about diversity and hire/promote the most capable people. If you want diversity go work at the United Nations.

Anonymous said...

Whites are underrepresented and Blacks are overrepresented. Why??