Top 10 Predictors of Federal Employee Job Satisfaction

As the U.S. federal workforce becomes older, on average, and the federal government struggles to attract, develop and retain top talent during what appears to be a countrywide employment resignation, many have started to ask the question: What exactly do federal employees want? To help answer the question of what motivates the federal employee workforce, the following is a list of the top 10 predictors of federal employee job satisfaction, in order of importance, based on a quantitative analysis of a random sample of responses to OPM’s 2019 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey.