In partnership with PBWC, the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University has curated six key metrics to help the PBWC chart progress in the campaign for gender equity. This “Equity Dashboard” will be updated annually as research is reported and progress is achieved.
Women make up 19% of the U.S. Congress1
Source: Center for American Women in Politics
Among S&P 500 companies, women make up 4.6% of CEO’s, hold 19% of the board seats, and make up 25% of senior executives.2
Source: Catalyst
In the U.S., women earn 78 cents to men’s dollar (up almost 2 cents since 2002)3
Source: Institute for Women’s Policy Research, The Gender Wage Gap 2014 (March 2015)
In California, women make up 26% of the state legislature (which is the same percentage of seats held by women in 1999)4
Source: Center for American Women in Politics
Among the 400 largest companies headquartered in California, women hold 11.5% of board director and highest-paid executive positions. Only 14, of these companies have a woman CEO. A quarter of these companies have no women in the top positions.5
Source: UC Davis Study of California Women Business Leaders: A Census of Women Directors and Highest-Paid Executives (2014-2015)
In Silicon Valley, men with a bachelor’s, graduate, or professional degree earn between 52% and 61% more than women with the same level of education.6
Source: Joint Venture Silicon Valley, 2015 Silicon Valley Index
SOURCES:
1 http://www.cawp.rutgers.edu/fast_facts/levels_of_office/documents/elective.pdf
2 http://www.catalyst.org/knowledge/women-sp-500-companies
3 http://www.iwpr.org/initiatives/pay-equity-and-discrimination/#publications
4 http://www.cawp.rutgers.edu/fast_facts/resources/state_fact_sheets/CA.php
5 http://gsm.ucdavis.edu/sites/main/files/file-attachments/womenexecsummary_2014.pdf
6 http://siliconvalleyindicators.org/pdf/index2015.pdf