Less than a third of federal STEM employees are women

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3. From the article:

Women comprised just 29.3% of federal STEM workers, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reported on July 13. The statistic was based on data from fiscal 2019, the most recent information available.

The number was just ahead of STEM workers nationwide. Data from the Census Bureau showed that women made up about 27% of the overall STEM workforce in the U.S.

So women in the STEM fields are overrepresented as federal workers compared to the general population by about ten percent.

What's probably available if I dig far enough is representation in terms of paygrade. Are federal STEM workers who are women paid, on average, more than their civilian counterparts? How many female STEM workers are GS-13? GS-14? GS-15?

You added:

Having three rescue dogs, I interact frequently with Veterinary professionals. I would say 90% are female. When I was in college it was close to 50/50.

How does that skew small animal v. large animal?

Thanks for writing.