The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Annual Report on the Federal Work Force - Fiscal Year 2008
Figures

Figure 1
Percent of Agencies that Issued EEO Policy Statements On an Annual Basis
FY 2004 - FY 2007
	FY 2004	FY 2005	FY 2006	FY 2007
% Issued Annual EEO Policy Statements	54.00%	50.00%	68.30%	58.72%

Figure 2
Percent of EEO Directors Who Report Directly to the Agency Head
FY 2004 - FY 2008
	FY 2004	FY 2005	FY 2006	FY 2007	FY 2008
% of EEO Directors Who Directly Report to Agency Head	72.04%	67.71%	60.50%	60.60%	64.94%

Figure 3
Percent of Agency Heads Briefed on State of EEO
FY 2004 - FY 2007
	FY 2004	FY 2005	FY 2006	FY 2007
% Breifed Agency Head	0.44	0.59	0.63	0.721

Figure 4
Average Grade in the General Schedule and Related Positions FY 2008
Government-Wide	9.90
Men	10.50
Women	9.30
Hispanic or Latino	9.40
White	10.20
Black or African American	9.00
Asian	10.40
Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander	7.90
American Indian/Alaska Native	8.40
Two or More Races	8.60
Individuals with Targeted Disabilities	8.50

Figure 5
Completed Counseling to Formal Complaints Filed/Complainants
FY 2004 - FY 2008
FY 2004	FY 2005	FY 2006	FY 2007	FY 200
Individuals/Complainants	17,878	16,495	15,359	15,294	15,539
Complaints Filed	19,024	18,017	16,723	16,363	16,752
Completed Counselings	42,412	41,070	38,824	37,809	38,898

Figure 6
Average Processing Days for Investigations for FY 2004 – FY 2008
	FY 2004	FY 2005	FY 2006	FY 2007	FY 2008
APD for Investigations	280	237	186	176	180

Figure 7
Monetary Benefits Awarded in the Formal Complaint Stage FY 2004 – FY 2008
	FY 2004	FY 2005	FY 2006	FY 2007	FY 2008
Attorney's Fees	$7.3	$9.5	$9.2	$8.9	$11.3
Compensatory Damages	$8.0	$9.5	$5.7	$5.5	$8.7
Lump Sum Payment	$11.8	$29.1	$15.9	$14.9	$17.2
Total Monetary Benefits	$29.7	$51.7	$32.6	$36.4	$41.2

Figure 8
Hearings Inventory
FY 2004 – FY 2008
FY 2004	FY 2005	FY 2006	FY 2007	FY 2008
5,975	5,896	4,912	5,505	6,488

Figure 9
Comparison of Requests for EEOC Hearings to Complaints Filed FY 2004 – FY 2008
FY 2004	FY 2005	FY 2006	FY 2007	FY 2008
9,027	10,286	7,802	7,869	8,036
19,024	18,017	16,723	16,363	16,752

Figure 10
Average Processing Days for Hearings FY 2004 - FY 2008
	FY 2004	FY 2005	FY 2006	FY 2007	FY 2008
Average Processing days	355	249	274	248	262
Average Age of Pending Inventory	296	207	202	276	332

Figure 11
Monetary Benefits Awarded from Hearings (In Millions of Dollars) FY 2004 - FY 2008
	FY 2004	FY 2005	FY 2006	FY 2007	FY 2008
Attorney's Fees	8.8	13.4	10.4	6.8	14.6
Compensatory Damages	12.0	12.8	8.7	9.2	10.1
Total Monetary Benefits	45.9	58.7	51.9	39.9	104.7

Figure 12
Appellate Inventory FY 2004 - FY 2008
FY 2004	FY 2005	FY 2006	FY 2007	FY 2008
3,634	3,610	3,887	3,496	3,275

Figure 13
Comparison of Appeals Receipts to Complaint Closures
FY 2004 - FY 2008
FY 2004	FY 2005	FY 2006	FY 2007	FY 2008
7,831	7,490	6,743	5,226	5,082
23,153	22,974	19,119	15,805	16,654

Figure 14
Appeal Closures FY 2004 - FY 2008
	FY 2004	FY 2005	FY 2006	FY 2007	FY 2008
Total Closures	8,028	7,514	6,466	5,617	5,303
Title VII	6,224	5,831	5,118	3,690	3,395
Rehabilitation Act	2,046	2,040	1,703	1,303	1,283
ADEA	2,093	1,941	1,721	1,293	1,181
EPA	4	1	2	25	26

Figure 15
Average Processing Days on Appeal
FY 2004 - FY 2008
FY 2004	FY 2005	FY 2006	FY 2007	FY 2008
207	194	220	230	278

Figure 16
Monetary Benefits Awarded from Appeals²⁴
FY 2004 - FY 2008 (Millions of Dollars)
	FY 2004	FY 2005	FY 2006	FY 2007	FY 2008
Attorney's Fees	$3.5	$2.5	$2.4	$1.6	$2.9
Compensatory Damages	$6.8	$4.0	$3.2	$2.5	$2.8
Total Monetary Benefits	$22.1	$15.1	$11.7	$10.7	$12.3

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