State of Black/African American Employment at VA

State of Black/African American Employment at VA

Presented by

Georgia CoffeyDeputy Assistant Secretary

Office of Diversity and InclusionU.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Mission & Vision

Mission

To build a diverse workforce and cultivate an inclusive workplace to deliver the best services to our Nation’s Veterans, their families, and beneficiaries.

Vision

That VA is a leader in creating and sustaining a high-performing workforce by leveraging diversity and empowering employees to achieve superior results in service to our Nation and its Veterans.

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Black Employment Representation Compared to Civilian Labor Force (CLF) and Relevant

Civilian Labor Force (RCLF)

Men Women

CLF 0.0484 0.0566

RCLF 0.0313 0.0813

FY2009 0.0884 0.1446

FY2010 0.0882 0.1444

FY2011 0.0882 0.1468

1%3%5%7%9%

11%13%15%

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Employee Count

FY2009 69,461

FY2010 71,500

FY2011 73,429

* Permanent and Temporary* CLF as of 2000

Both men and women show greater than expected participation rates.

1 Civilian Labor Force (CLF) is defined as people in American 16 years of age and over, except those in the armed forces, who are employed or are unemployed or are unemployed and seeking work. It’s derived from census data collected on the demographics of citizens in each job type.2 Relevant Civilian Labor Force (RCLF) reflects all the people in America 16 years of age or over, employed in or actively seeking work in VA specific occupations (used as a comparative baseline for demographic analysis). 

Onboard by Pay Plan

SES GS/GM TITLE 38 WAGE OTHER EX-CEPTED

CANTEEN UNKNOWN

All VA 0.00114820287427179

0.633199376331335

0.268453596604331

0.0860963925724451

1.88229979388817E-05

0.0108702813097042

0.000178818480419377

Black Men

0.000599013389711064

0.607751937984497

0.058985200845666

0.316948555320649

0 0.0156448202959831

3.52360817477097E-05

Black Women

0.000410251981085224

0.739317254334636

0.197158465225746

0.0463152894435688

2.15922095308013E-05

0.0166475935482478

0.000129553257184808

5%15%25%35%45%55%65%75%

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* Permanent and Temporary

GS/GM 13-15 Onboard

GS/GM 13 GS/GM 14 GS/GM 15

All Men 0.0378 0.0138 0.0042

Black Men 0.0152 0.0062 0.0015

0.5%

1.5%

2.5%

3.5%

Men

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GS/GM 13 GS/GM 14 GS/GM 15

All Women 0.0412 0.012 0.0028

Black Women

0.0266 0.00920000000000001

0.0016

0.5%

1.5%

2.5%

3.5%

4.5%

Women

* Permanent and Temporary

SES and Title-38 Onboard

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* Permanent and Temporary

White Men

White Women

Black Men

Black Women

Hispanic Men

Hispanic Women

Asian Men

Asian Women

NHPI Men

NHPI Women

AIAN Men

AIAN Women

Two+ Men

Two+ Women

Total VA On-board

0.2502 0.3585 0.089000000000

0001

0.1453 0.031 0.0356 0.026 0.042 0.001 0.0012 0.0047 0.0069 0.0033 0.005

SES and T-38

0.5378 0.3025 0.0378 0.0441 0.0294 0.0063 0.0168 0.0105 0.0021 0 0.0042 0.0021 0.0042 0.0021

5%

15%

25%

35%

45%

55%

Promotion

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* Permanent and Temporary

White Men

White Women

Black Men

Black Women

Hispanic Men

Hispanic Women

Asian Men

Asian Women

NHPI Men

NHPI Women

AIAN Men

AIAN Women

Two+ Men

Two+ Women

On-board

0.2502 0.3585 0.089000000000

0001

0.1453 0.031 0.0356 0.026 0.042 0.001 0.0012 0.0047 0.0069 0.0033 0.005

Pro-mo-tion

0.2788 0.3453 0.1005 0.14 0.0308 0.0325 0.0171 0.0268 0.0014 0.0015 0.0046 0.0067 0.0057 0.008400000000

00001

3%

8%

13%

18%

23%

28%

33%

38%

Top 5 Occupations for Black Employment VA-Wide

Nurse – 9,124

Custodial Worker – 5,395

Medical Support Assistance – 5,386

Nursing Assistant – 5,224

Miscellaneous Clerk and Assistant – 4,241

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* Permanent and Temporary* As of June 2012

Wage Grade

There is a disproportionate number of Black/African American males in wage grade occupations

8.96% of VA’s total permanent employees are wage grade. Of this group, 41.13% of them are Black/African Americans.

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* As of June 2012

TakeawaysBlack/African Americans are well represented in VA.

High concentration Black/African American men in wage grade occupations.

Representation diminishes as grade increases—particularly for GS/GM 13-15.

Representation of Black/African American women slightly better than representation of Black/African American men for GS/GM 13-15

Black men are promoted at a higher rate than onboard; Black women are promoted at 96 percent of onboard.

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Moving Ahead

Perform additional analysis to identify triggers to full participation of Black/African Americans.

Examine applicant flow data for all VA positions as well as SES Pilot to determine VA’s outreach efforts to Black/African Americans.

Implement a TMS pilot project with wage grade employees to see impact on upward mobility/career development.

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Contact Us

Trina FaisonVA’s National Program Manager for African

American Employment ProgramPhone: (202) 461-4044

E-mail: trina.faison@va.govWeb: http://www.diversity.va.gov/

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