IT accounts for 4.6m US jobs - and most of them are going to men
Proportion of female workers in IT down at 25% from 31% in 1990: Census Bureau
Washington
THE percentage of women working in the information technology field has always been relatively low, but it didn't use to be as low as it is now.
It peaked at 31 per cent in 1990, then declined by about 6 per cent over the past decade, even as the percentage of women in other occupations has steadily risen. That's just one notable metric from a new Census Bureau report released last week that provides a bird's-eye view of the changing field of computer work since the 1970s.
BT is now on Telegram!
For daily updates on weekdays and specially selected content for the weekend. Subscribe to t.me/BizTimes
Technology
US sets up board to advise on safe, secure use of AI
Meta’s results are best viewed through rose-tinted AI glasses
'Harvesting data': Latin American AI startups transform farming
After long peace, Big Tech faces US antitrust reckoning
Tech’s cash crunch sees creditors turn ‘violent’ with one another
Tech millionaires chase billionaire tax shields with ‘swap fund’