Today is International Woman’s Day. Considering the celebration, it’s apropos that we release a story pertaining to women for some of America’s largest tech companies.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the amount of women and girls 16 or older either working or looking for employment has steadily grown in the United States over the last 25 years, with 73.1 in the workforce in 2015, compared to 56.8 million in 1990. In fact, 2011 was the only year during that period where a drop in female employment occurred, with 71.6 million in the labor force, as opposed to 71.9 in 2010. Despite these encouraging figures, a female is far less likely to be employed in the tech sector than a male, according to information released by the segment’s top companies.
Under a third of the individuals employed at Microsoft, Google, Apple, and Facebook are identified as female. The percentage of female employees at Twitter and Amazon are 34 and 39 percent, respectively. LinkedIn and eBay reported a female workforce of 42 and 43, respectively. None of the eight companies reported that women held even a third of their leadership roles. At 30 percent, Linkedin was the best of the group in this regard. eBay had the highest percentage of woman workers holding actual tech positions of the eight companies, at 24 percent. Amazon did provide figures on its tech employment.