Disparities In Stem Employment By Sex, Race, And Hispanic Origin - American Community Survey Reports (U.s. Census Bureau) Page 23

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Figure 13.
Percentage of Science and Engineering Graduates Currently Employed in a
STEM Occupation by Age, Sex, and Race and Hispanic Origin
(In percent. Data based on sample. For information on con dentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error,
and de nitions, see www.census.gov/acs/www/)
Age
25 to 34
26.6
35 to 44
26.6
45 to 54
25.5
55 to 64
19.2
Sex
Male
31.1
Female
15.3
Race and Hispanic Origin
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino
23.3
Black or African American alone
17.4
Asian alone
41.4
American Indian and Alaska Native alone
16.4
Some Other Race and NHOPI*
18.0
Two or More Races
23.5
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)
18.4
*Native Hawaiian and Other Paci c Islander alone.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2011 American Community Survey.
Science and engineering gradu-
STEM occupation, indicating that
($89,500), STEM employment pro-
ates earn more per year when they
STEM employment boosts earn-
vides a larger earnings gain among
are employed in STEM occupa-
ings among women more than
Blacks, Hispanics, and those who
tions (Figure 15). Among science
among men. Women employed in
report Some Other Race, increas-
and engineering graduates that
STEM earn about $16,300 more
ing their earnings by $17,000,
worked full-time, year-round, men
per year compared with women
$18,300, and $22,500 per year,
earned $85,000 per year compared
trained in science and engineering
respectively.
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with $58,800 among women. The
but not employed in STEM. While
The median earnings for non-Hispanic
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gender earnings gap narrows when
Asians earned the most in the total
White and Asian STEM workers are not statis-
comparing science and engineer-
workforce ($80,700), and among
tically different. The earnings gain for STEM
employment among Blacks and Hispanics and
ing graduates employed in a
the most in the STEM workforce
among Hispanics and those who report Some
Other Race are not statistically different.
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U.S. Census Bureau

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