2007 Introduction

This section presents a brief narrative with graphs and tables as a preliminary analysis of the EEO-1 survey (national aggregates).  The narrative uses the numbers from the 2007 survey that covers employment from July through September of 2007 and contains counts of employees in ten job categories by gender and race/ethnicity from private employers with 100 or more employees and some federal government contractors and subcontractors of the Unites States. 

In 2007, over 67,800 employers filed EEO-1 reports, which is an increase of more than 35 percent from the previous year.  The 2007 survey form was revised to include two additional job categories: Executive/Senior Level and First/Mid Level Officials and Managers and two additional race groups: Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islanders and Two or More Races. The EEO-1 summary report also updated its 1997 NAICS codes to 2002 definition. Beginning in 2007, the state of Hawaii is included in all geographic and industry aggregates since complete data is now collected from employers in that state.

Highlights/Summary

• In 2007, private industry in the EE0-1 survey employed over 61.3 million workers across the country, which is 42.3 percent of the total 125.2 million civilian labor force as reported by the U.S. Census (Selected Economic Characteristics:2007, ACS).  Of this total private sector labor force, over 20.9 million or 34.1 percent were minorities and approximately 29.7 million or 48.4 percent were women (see Table 1 and Table 2).[1]
• Compared to their male counterparts, women had a higher concentration in industries such as Health Care and Social Assistance (79.2 percent), Educational Services (63.5 percent), and Finance and Insurance (60.4 percent) (see Figure 1).  They also had a higher percentage in one of the ten occupational groups measured in the EE0-1 survey: over 3-in-4 or 79.0 percent of the Office & Clerical Workers job categories were women in 2007 (see Figure 3).
• In 2007, women accounted for over half of the total Professional positions in the private sector at 52.8 percent.  They made up 28 percent of the total Executive/Senior Level Official and Managerial positions and 39 percent of the total First/Mid Level Official and Managerial positions in the EEO-1 survey (see Figure 3).
• Of the 2.5 million female officials and managers, approximately 87.9 percent were at the First/Mid Level and the remaining 12.1 percent were at the Executive/Senior level.  The corresponding rates for the 4.3 million male officials and managers were at 81.6 percent and 18.4 percent, respectively (see Table 1 and Table 2).
• Across the eight private industries with above-average female employment, larger shares of women than men were found in Official and Managerial positions in Health Care and Social Assistance (71.9 percent of the First/Mid Level and 56.0 percent of the Executive/Senior Level positions) and Educational Services (55.9 percent at the First/Mid Level positions).  Those numbers, though, should be read in light of the female participation rate in the specific industry (see Figure 5).
• Compared to their overall 34.2 percent participation rate in the private sector, minorities, as a group, had a higher concentration in industries such as Waste Management and Remediation Services (50.9 percent), Accommodation and Food Services Preparations (46.9 percent), and Construction (36.9 percent) (see Figure 2).  They also represented a higher percentage in occupations such as Laborers at 53.4 percent, Service Workers at 49.7 percent, and Operatives at around 39.3 percent, compared to their general participation rate in the EEO-1 survey of the private sector (see Figure 4).  
• In 2007, minorities, as a group, held about 16.6 percent of the total Executive/Senior Level Official and Managerial positions, 20.2 percent of the total First/Mid Level Official and Managerial positions, and 23.8 percent of the total Professional positions in the EEO-1 survey (see Figure 4). 
• Across the eight industries with above-average minority employment, people of minority race/ethnic groups held at least one out of the four positions of the First/Mid Level Officials and Managers in Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting (29.4 percent), Accommodation and Food Services (28.5 percent), and Waste Management and Remediation Services (25.6 percent).  In Accommodation and Food Services, people of minority race/ethnic groups represented 24.3 percent of the total Executive/Senior Level Official and Managerial positions, nearly twice the national average of 12.6 percent.  These numbers, again, should be read in consideration of the minority participation rate in specific industries (see Figure 6).
• Fourteen percent of the total private employment reported in the EEO-1 survey was Black or African Americans.  They held 3.5 percent of the total Executive/Senior Official and Managerial positions, 7.6 percent of the First/Mid Level Official and Managerial positions, and 7.7 percent of the Professional positions (see Figure 7).
• Hispanics or Latinos made up 13.7 percent of the total private labor force in the 2007 EEO-1 report and held 8.8 percent of all the Executive/Senior Level Official and Managerial positions, 7.3 percent of the First/Mid Level Official and Managerial positions, and 5.1 percent of the Professional positions (see Figure 7).
• Asian Americans accounted for 4.9 percent of the total private industry employment, 3.5 percent of all the Executive/Senior Level Official and Managerial positions, 4.3 percent of the First/Mid Level Official and Managerial positions, and 9.9 percent of the total Professional positions in the EEO-1 survey (see Figure 7).  About one third of the 3 million Asian Americans were professionals (32.9 percent), a figure that was twice the national average for the occupation at 16.3 percent in 2007 (see Table 1). 
• Composing less than one percent of the total private labor force in the EEO-1 survey included minority groups of American Indians (0.6 percent), Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islanders (0.3 percent), and those reported as Two or More Races (0.5 percent) (see Figure 7).
• Of the total 29.7 million female employees in the private sector, over 5.3 million or 17.8 percent were professionals and over 2.5 million or 8.5 percent were officials and managers.  Among their counterparts of 31.6 million male employees, over 4.7 million or 14.9 percent were professionals and about 4.3 million or 13.5 percent were officials and managers (see Table 1 and Table 2). 
• Among the total 20.9 million minority employees in the private sector, about 2.4 million or 11.4 percent were professionals and over 1.3 million or 6.4 percent were officials and managers.  Of the 1.3 million minority officials and managers, 86.4 percent was at the First/Mid Level and the remaining 13.6 percent was at the Executive/Senior Level (see Table 1 and Table 2). 

List of Major Tables and Charts

• Figure 1. Women Employment in Private Sector by Industry Type (2007)
• Figure 2. Minority Employment in Private Sector by Industry Type (2007)
• Figure 3.  Women in Private Sector by Job Categories (2007)
• Figure 4.  Minorities in Private Sector by Job Categories (2007)
• Figure 5. Female Officials and Managers in Selected Private Sector Industries (2007)
• Figure 6. Minority Officials and Managers in Selected Private Sector Industries (2007)
• Figure 7. Officials, Managers, and Professionals by Minority Groups (2007)
• Table 1. Occupational Employment in Private Sector by Gender and Race/Ethnicity in Numbers (Single and Consolidated Reports of 2007)
• Table 2. Occupational Employment in Private Sector by Gender and Race/Ethnicity in Percentages (Single and Consolidated Reports of 2007)
• Table 3. Occupational Employment in Private Sector by Gender and Race/Ethnicity in Numbers (Single and Establishment Reports of 2007)
• Table 4. Occupational Employment in Private Sector by Sex and Race/Ethnicity in Percentages (Single and establishment Reports of 2007)

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	Women (%)
Accommodation and Food Services	51.4
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	42.9
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting	32.3
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	46.0
Construction	10.8
Educational Services	63.5
Finance and Insurance	60.4
Health Care and Social Assistance	79.2
Information	45.4
Management of Companies and Enterprises	49.6
Manufacturing	30.2
Mining	13.9
Other Services (except Public Administration)	52.9
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	42.2
Public Administration	52.5
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	44.9
Retail Trade	53.3
Transportation and Warehousing	26.5
Utilities	25.1
Wholesale Trade	32.9
U.S.	47.6

	Minority (%)
Accommodation and Food Services	46.9
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	50.9
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting	33.0
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	35.9
Construction	36.9
Educational Services	25.6
Finance and Insurance	28.5
Health Care and Social Assistance	33.7
Information	30.6
Management of Companies and Enterprises	27.8
Manufacturing	31.3
Mining	22.6
Other Services (except Public Administration)	38.1
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	27.5
Public Administration	30.9
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	35.9
Retail Trade	34.1
Transportation and Warehousing	35.5
Utilities	22.5
Wholesale Trade	30.2
U.S..	34.2

	Women (%)		Men (%)
Executive/Sr Level Officials & Managers	28.0		72.0
First/Mid Level Officials & Managers	39.0		61.0
Professionals	52.8		47.2
Technicians	47.6		52.4
Sales Workers	56.7		43.3
Office & Clerical Workers	79.0		21.0
Craft Workers	9.6		90.4
Operatives	24.1		75.9
Laborers	31.9		68.1
Service Workers	59.4		40.6
Total Employment	48.4		51.6

	Minority (%)		Non-Minority (%)
Executive/Sr Level Officials & Managers	16.6		83.4
First/Mid Level Officials & Managers	20.2		79.8
Professionals	23.8		76.2
Technicians	29.3		70.7
Sales Workers	31.3		68.7
Office & Clerical Workers	33.4		66.6
Craft Workers	29.0		71.0
Operatives	39.3		60.7
Laborers	53.4		46.6
Service Workers	49.7		50.3
Total Employment	34.1		65.9

	Participation Rate (%)	Executive/Senior Level Officials &Managers (%)	First/Mid Level Officials & Mangers (%)
Health Care and Social Assistance	79.2	56.0	71.9
Educational Services	63.5	45.9	55.9
Finance and Insurance	60.4	30.4	48.8
Retail Trade	53.3	30.3	40.9
Other Services (except Public Administration)	52.9	38.4	43.4
Public Administration	52.5	38.7	46.1
Accommodation and Food Services	51.4	34.6	40.0
Management of Companies and Enterprises	49.6	24.3	40.4
U.S.	47.61	28.60	37.48

	Employment Rate (%)	Executive/Senior Level Officials & Managers (%)	First/Mid Level Officials & Mangers (%)
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting	67.0	12.8	29.4
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	50.9	16.3	25.6
Accommodation and Food Services	46.9	24.3	28.5
Other Services (except Public Administration)	38.1	15.4	23.5
Construction	36.9	8.7	15.1
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	35.9	11.2	18.5
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	35.9	12.9	20.9
Transportation and Warehousing	35.5	12.3	24.0
US	34.2	12.6	19.5

OCCUPATION	Blacks	Hispanics	Asians, Pacific Islanders	American Indians, Alaskan Natives	Native Hawaiians/Other Pacific Islanders	Two or More Races
All Officials/Managers	7.0	7.6	4.1	0.4	0.2	0.3
Exec Senior Level Officials/Managers	3.5	8.8	3.5	0.3	0.2	0.3
First/Mid Level Officials/Managers	7.6	7.3	4.3	0.4	0.2	0.3
Professionals	7.7	5.1	9.9	4.7	0.3	0.3
Total Employment	14.0	13.7	4.9	0.6	0.3	0.5

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