Women in the workforce - recent trends

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WOMEN IN THEWORKFORCERECENT TRENDS

Where do women in the workplacestand in 2015?

Education

For women in the 25-32 age range, 38%have a 4 year college degree.60% of master's degree are awarded towomen.

Pew Research Center

Leadership

Women are working for majorcorporations, but aren't leading them.Women hold 16% of the directorpositions at Fortune 500 companies, andonly 4.6% of CEO positions

New York Times 2013

Perceived Wage Gap

1. Women believe they arebeing paid less for doing thesame job.2. Women believe men havemore access to better jobs.

Pew Research Center

Actual Wage Gap

In 2013 women were paid 73% of what men werepaid.Women in Washington DC, earned 91% of whatmen earned in 2o13.

American Association ofUniversity Women (AAUW)