MSMU RSWG 2023 final - Flipbook - Page 8
SCORECARD
Charting Gender Parity in California
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT 4
PARITY 50%
Degrees held by California women
48%
GRADUATE/
PROFESSIONAL DEGREES
51%
California women in STEM occupations
25%
24%
COMPUTER/MATH
17%
19%
ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING
50%
52%
LIFE/PHYSICAL/SOCIAL
SCIENCES
CORPORATE LEADERSHIP 6
Women in corporate leadership occupations
29%
TOP EXECUTIVES
FORTUNE 500 CEOS 7
33%
3%
9%
California women in government
Note: The California State
Legislature is a body of 120
members; in 2021 there were 40
women state legislators.
26%
STATE LEGISLATURE
33%
38%
38%
CONGRESSIONAL
DELEGATION
MEDIA
Note: For management and
top executive positions,
these figures are for the
total civilian employed
population 16 years and
over — both part-time and
full-time workers. Fortune
500 listing is from fall 2021.
40%
43%
MANAGEMENT POSITIONS
GOVERNMENT 8
California’s congressional
delegation consists of two
senators and 52 representatives.
Women in the 100 top-grossing films of 2021
BEHIND THE SCENES:
DIRECTORS9
ON SCREEN:
SPEAKING ROLES10
WAGE EQUITY11
2021
52%
52%
BACHELOR’S DEGREE
STEM EMPLOYMENT 5
2010
Note: These figures are for
the 100 top grossing films in
the United States, 2021.
2%
12%
27%
34%
California women’s earnings compared to men’s earning (full-time workers)
PARITY 100%
84%
WOMEN’S MEDIAN EARNINGS
(relative to all men’s)
WOMEN’S MEDIAN EARNINGS
(relative to White men’s)
8 THE REPORT ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IN CALIFORNIA | 2023
88%
62%
63%
