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Silicon Valley Tech Workforce Is Vastly Different From US, Say Feds (computerworld.com)

Posted by msmash on from the culture-culture dept.

Reader dcblogs shares an article on Computer World: In recent years, major high-tech firms have started releasing workforce diversity data, along with a promise to improve. And there is much room for improvement, according to federal officials. Among the top 75 Silicon Valley tech firms, whites make up 47% of the workforce, Asian Americans 41%, Hispanics, 6% and African Americans 3%, according to an analysis by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Women account for 30% of the workforce at these 75 firms. The diversity makeup of these Silicon Valley high-tech firms is very different from the national employment picture. When compared to overall private industry employment, the tech sector nationally -- not just Silicon Valley -- employed a larger share of whites (63% to 68%), as well as a larger share of Asian Americans (6% to 14%) and a smaller share of African Americans (14% to 7%) and Hispanics (14% to 8%). Employers with a workforce greater than 100 file reports to the EEOC about their employees' race, color, gender and national origin. Nationally, 64% of the employees in high-tech are men versus 52% in the broader workforce. Women account for 36% of the tech workforce, versus comprising 48% of the broader workforce.

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  1. Re:Desi Indians? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Yeah, that was my first question. Are they lumped in under asian or white or both?

  2. Re:Desi Indians? by PopeRatzo · · Score: 3, Interesting

    People born in America are around 2%. Yup 2%

    Welcome to the meritocracy, where people who will work for less have more merit.

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