The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently published a data dashboard displaying aggregate compensation data collected in “Component 2” of covered employers’ 2017 and 2018 EEO-1 Reports. As we previously reported here and here, employers with at least 100 employees were required to submit data from those two years for employees’ pay and hours, sorted by race/ethnicity and gender into ten job categories. The data dashboard allows interested parties to use a drop-down menu to display a graphic representing nationwide data on the number of men and women in each salary band, race/ethnicity category, or job category. You can then filter the data by year, state or core-based statistical area (CSBA, i.e., a county with an urban area of at least 10,000 people plus adjacent counties with significant commuting ties), race/ethnicity, job category, and industry. Additional graphical displays are also available. The EEOC’s press release summarizes the agency’s findings, including that women tended to be paid less than men and that women who were Black, Native American, or Alaska Native were generally paid the least.
Tips: The EEOC collected pay data for only two years. The collection was controversial due to questions about its usefulness, confidentiality, and burden on employers, and it was vigorously challenged in court. The EEOC has indicated that it wants to revive Component 2 but acknowledges it would have to go through an official regulatory notice-and-comment process to do so. Vigilant will keep members informed of any developments in this area.
