Women in the US Workforce
Today, women are 67% of the total U.S. workforce. COVID disproportionately impacted women, causing millions to drop from the workforce. This chart is only through 2020, so it does not show the complete impact on women. Before the pandemic, experts believed that we would not achieve gender parity for 100 years. Post-COVID, the experts have revised this estimate and now believe that we will not achieve gender parity for 135 years. If you would like to learn more about how to accelerate gender parity with the Parity Prescription, please listen to How to Fight Gender Inequality with the Parity Prescription.
Women - Global Workforce
Women hold fewer positions in the global workforce as compared to men, but they comprise 50% (or nearly so) in Lithuania, Latvia, and Portugal.
US College Degrees by Gender
Women earn 57% of the college degrees in the U.S., yet women:
Are in fewer leadership positions than men
Earn less than men
Receive fewer job offers and advancement opportunities
You can learn more about how women are under-utilizied in the workplace by listening to 5 Steps to Achieve Increased Leadership by Women.
Gender Wage Gap
This chart shows the gender wage gap for the 10 countries with the largest wage gap among the OECD countries. Examples are:
U.S. - women earn 18.9% less than men
Germany - women earn 15.3% less than men
United Kingdom - women earn 16.3% less than men
You can see the complete list of OECD countries here.