Women in U.S. Management
Fortune 500 Board Seats Held by Women1
Fortune 500 Corporate Officer Positions Held by Women2†
Percent of Executive Officer Positions Held by Women, 2009 and 20103†
Women’s Share of the U.S. Labor Force4
Percent of Managerial and Professional Specialty Positions in the U.S. Labor Force, Held by Women 1995-19995*
Percent of Management, Professional, and Related Positions in the U.S. Labor Force, Held by Women6*
†Note: In 2009, Catalyst instituted a methodology change that makes comparison to previous annual Corporate Officer statistics inappropriate.
*Note: Look at the following web sites for more information about creating comparability in the Current Population Series between various types of management designations: http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpspopsm.pdf; http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpscomp.pdf
Sources
1 Rachel Soares, Baye Cobb, Ellen Lebow, Hannah Winsten, Veronica Wojnas, and Allyson Regis, 2011 Catalyst Census: Fortune 500 Women Board Directors (Catalyst, 2011); Rachel Soares, Jan Combopiano, Allyson Regis, Yelena Shur, and Rosita Wong, 2010 Catalyst Census: Fortune 500 Women Board Directors (Catalyst, 2010); Rachel Soares, Nancy M. Carter, and Jan Combopiano, 2009 Catalyst Census: Fortune 500 Women Board Directors (Catalyst: 2009). Catalyst, 2008 Catalyst Census of Women Board Directors of the Fortune 500 (2009). Catalyst, 2007 Census of Women Board Directors of the Fortune 500 (2007). Catalyst, Board Directors (2006). Catalyst, 2005 Catalyst Census of Women Board Directors of the Fortune 500 (2006).
2 Catalyst, 2008 Catalyst Census of Women Corporate Officers and Top Earners of the Fortune 500 (2008). Catalyst, 2007 Census of Women Corporate Officers and Top Earners of the Fortune 500 (2007). Catalyst, 2005 Catalyst Census of Women Corporate Officers and Top Earners of the Fortune 500 (2006).
3 Rachel Soares, Baye Cobb, Ellen Lebow, Hannah Winsten, Veronica Wojnas, and Allyson Regis,
2011 Catalyst Census: Fortune 500 Women Executive Officers and Top Earners (Catalyst, 2011); Rachel Soares, Jan Combopiano, Allyson Regis, Yelena Shur, and Rosita Wong, 2010 Catalyst Census: Fortune 500 Women Executives (Catalyst, 2010). Rachel Soares, Nancy M. Carter, and Jan Combopiano, 2009 Catalyst Census: Fortune 500 Women Executives (Catalyst: 2009).
4 Current Population Survey, Bureau of Labor Statistics, "Table 2: Employment Status of the Civilian Noninstitutional Population 16 years and Over by Sex, 1973 to Date," Annual Averages 2010 (2011).
5 Current Population Survey, Bureau of Labor Statistics, "Employed Persons by Detailed Occupation and Sex, 1995-1999" (unpublished data).
6 Current Population Survey, Bureau of Labor Statistics, "Employed Persons by Detailed Occupation and Sex, 2000-2009" (unpublished data); Current Population Survey, Bureau of Labor Statistics, "Table 11: Employed Persons by Detailed Occupation, Sex, Race, and Hispanic or Latino Ethnicity," Annual Averages 2010 (2011).
UPDATED December 14, 2011
