Thursday, December 16, 2004
Tweet[IWS] Women's Bureau: WOMEN in the LABOR FORCE 2003 Quick Facts
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 Director, IWS News Bureau
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From the Women's Bureau
QUICK FACTS
Women in the Labor Force in 2003
http://www.dol.gov/wb/factsheets/Qf-laborforce.htm
* Of the 115 million women age 16 years and over in the U.S., 68 million were labor force participantsworking or looking for work.
* With a labor force participation rate of 59.5 percent, women represented 47 percent of the total U. S. labor force.
* Labor force participation rates for women, by race, were: black, 61.9 percent; white, 59.2 percent; Asian, 58.3 percent; and Hispanic, 55.9 percent.
* Women are projected to comprise 47 percent of the total labor force in 2012 as they did in 2003. They will also account for 55 percent of the increase in total labor force growth from 2002-2012.
* The higher a persons educational attainment, the more likely they will be a labor force participant. Here are the labor force participation rates for women age 25 years and over by educational attainment: with less than a high school diploma32.7 percent; with a high school diploma55.0 percent; some college, no degree64.8 percent; associate degree71.8; and bachelors degree and higher73.1 percent.
* Greater educational attainment usually results in lower unemployment rates: women with less than a high school diploma9.8 percent; with a high school diploma5.2 percent; some college, no degree4.9 percent; and bachelors degree and higher2.9 percent.
* There were 64.4 million employed women in the U.S. in 2003. Seventy-four percent worked full time, while the remaining 26 percent worked part time.
* The largest percentage of employed women (38 percent) worked in management, professional, and related occupations, while 35 percent worked in sales and office occupations.
* Smaller percentages worked in service occupations, 20 percent; 7 percent worked in production, transportation, and material moving occupations; and 1 percent worked natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations.
* Approximately 4 million women were self-employed in nonagricultural industries. These self-employed women represented nearly 6 percent of all employed women.
* The seven occupations with the highest median weekly earnings among women who worked full-time in 2003 were lawyers, $1,413; pharmacists, $1,364; computer and information systems managers, $1,280; chief executives, $1,243; computer software engineers, $1,005; physicians and surgeons, $989; and management analysts, $977.
Souce: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky *
Director, IWS News Bureau *
Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School *
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor *
New York, NY 10016 *
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Telephone: (607) 255-2703 *
Fax: (607) 255-9641 *
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu *
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
From the Women's Bureau
QUICK FACTS
Women in the Labor Force in 2003
http://www.dol.gov/wb/factsheets/Qf-laborforce.htm
* Of the 115 million women age 16 years and over in the U.S., 68 million were labor force participantsworking or looking for work.
* With a labor force participation rate of 59.5 percent, women represented 47 percent of the total U. S. labor force.
* Labor force participation rates for women, by race, were: black, 61.9 percent; white, 59.2 percent; Asian, 58.3 percent; and Hispanic, 55.9 percent.
* Women are projected to comprise 47 percent of the total labor force in 2012 as they did in 2003. They will also account for 55 percent of the increase in total labor force growth from 2002-2012.
* The higher a persons educational attainment, the more likely they will be a labor force participant. Here are the labor force participation rates for women age 25 years and over by educational attainment: with less than a high school diploma32.7 percent; with a high school diploma55.0 percent; some college, no degree64.8 percent; associate degree71.8; and bachelors degree and higher73.1 percent.
* Greater educational attainment usually results in lower unemployment rates: women with less than a high school diploma9.8 percent; with a high school diploma5.2 percent; some college, no degree4.9 percent; and bachelors degree and higher2.9 percent.
* There were 64.4 million employed women in the U.S. in 2003. Seventy-four percent worked full time, while the remaining 26 percent worked part time.
* The largest percentage of employed women (38 percent) worked in management, professional, and related occupations, while 35 percent worked in sales and office occupations.
* Smaller percentages worked in service occupations, 20 percent; 7 percent worked in production, transportation, and material moving occupations; and 1 percent worked natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations.
* Approximately 4 million women were self-employed in nonagricultural industries. These self-employed women represented nearly 6 percent of all employed women.
* The seven occupations with the highest median weekly earnings among women who worked full-time in 2003 were lawyers, $1,413; pharmacists, $1,364; computer and information systems managers, $1,280; chief executives, $1,243; computer software engineers, $1,005; physicians and surgeons, $989; and management analysts, $977.
Souce: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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