

According to data from human resources consulting company Mercer, 64% of workers in entry level positions are white.

All S&P 500 companies now have at least one woman on the board, and executive search firm Spencer Stuart found that last year, of the 432 new independent directors added to S&P 500 boards, 59% were women and minority men.īut statistics also show the lack of progress among the corporate workforce. Much attention has been given in recent years to the lack of diversity on corporate boards, which has forced companies to act on that front. The data that has been collected through surveys paints a picture of just how far things need to change before companies are truly representative of the makeup of society at large, and before salaries are comparable across categories like gender, race, ethnicity and sexual orientation.
