Part 2: How do women "measure up" in the IT industry?

According to the President's Council of Economic Advisers (2000),

• 29% of IT jobs are held by women
• 18% of men in IT jobs earned $70,000 or more and
• 8% of women in IT jobs earned $70,000 or more.

Use data from the president's Council of Economic Advisers to answer the following:

• What percent of people currently working high paying (making $70,000 or more) IT jobs are women? (Hint: You may want to think about these two questions first.
• What percent of IT workers are highly paid women (men)?

Go on to Part 3

This page was created by Tiffany Barnes for the Girls on Track teacher training and student enrichment Summer Camp 2003.

URL http://research.csc.ncsu.edu/ontrack/SummerCamp/2003/Explore/Career/page1.html