Women Make up Half of Workforce but Just 2% of CEOs

July 14, 2011 by Susan Gunelius
Equality

business gender inequalityCatalyst published some interesting statistics about how women stack up in the U.S. workforce. The results aren’t very surprising if this is a topic you’re familiar with, but for those that aren’t, check out the stats below:

Women make up:

  • 46.7% of the U.S. labor force
  • 51.5% of management, professional and related occupations
  • 14.4% of Fortune 500 executive officers
  • 15.7% of Fortune 500 board seats
  • 7.6% of Fortune 500 top earners
  • 2.6% of Fortune 500 CEOs

Seems a bit lopsided doesn’t it? Leave a comment and share your thoughts.

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Susan Gunelius

Susan Gunelius is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Women on Business. She is a 20-year veteran of the marketing field and has authored ten books about marketing, branding, and social media, including the highly popular 30-Minute Social Media Marketing, Content Marketing for Dummies, Blogging All-in-One for Dummies and Kick-ass Copywriting in 10 Easy Steps. Susan’s marketing-related content can be found on Entrepreneur.com, Forbes.com, MSNBC.com, BusinessWeek.com, and more. Susan is President & CEO of KeySplash Creative, Inc., a marketing communications company. She has worked in corporate marketing roles and through client relationships with AT&T, HSBC, Citibank, Intuit, The New York Times, Cox Communications, and many more large and small companies around the world. Susan also speaks about marketing, branding and social media at events around the world and is frequently interviewed by television, online, radio, and print media organizations about these topics.

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