Females are a clear majority in high-growth industries and associated educational pipelines. Gender imbalance is unsustainable in the current and projected economic and workforce environment. Indiana University Bloomington School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering Vatsal Jatakia Anurag Joshi Roshith Raghavan Olga Scrivner Katy Borner School of Public and Environmental Affairs Livia Crim David Lebhar Kosali Simon Coady Wing 1
Data US Census Bureau: Quarterly Workforce Indicators https://www.census.gov/data/developers/data-sets/qwi.html Indiana Data Hub: Occupation Projections 2026 https://hub.mph.in.gov/dataset/occupational-projections Indiana Data Hub: CIP-SOC Crosswalk https://hub.mph.in.gov/dataset/classification-of-instructional-programs-to-standard-occupation-codes-crosswalk Bureau of Labor Statistics: Labor Force Participation Rates (1950 – 2050) https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2007/jan/wk2/art03.htm National Center for Education Statistics: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/DataFiles.aspx 2
Which Indiana industries have experienced growth or decline over the last two decades? 3
Percent Difference in Total Jobs in Indiana by Industry (1999 vs 2016) Manufacturing 526K Healthcare and 425K Social Assistance 337K Retail Trade Educational Services 226K Administrative, Support, and Other 191K Services Professional, Scientific, and 112K Technical Services Credit: Anurag Joshi | Data Source: QWI 4
Is there gender balance within these high-growth or high-decline industries? No 5
Percent Female within Industries (2016) Female Male Manufacturing Retail Healthcare Education Services Credit: Vatsal Jatakia | Data Source: QWI 6
Is there a correlation between industry growth and the percent of females in each industry? Yes 7
Correlation Between Industry Growth and Percent Female Services Science % Industry Growth/Decline Healthcare 25 Education 0 Retail -25 Manufacturing 0 25 50 75 100 % Female within Industry Credit: David Lebhar | Data Source: QWI 8
Why is this significant? At least three reasons… 9
Credit: Vatsal Jatakia | Data Source: SOC Projections 2026 Occupation Growth Projections (2016 – 2026) 1.2 Business & Financial (+ 23%) Base Employment Count (millions) Computer & Mathematical (+ 16%) 1.0 Healthcare Practitioners (+ 14%) 0.8 Healthcare Support (+ 10%) 0.6 Production (+ 3%) 0.4 Sales (+ 2%) 0.2 0.0 2026 2016 10
Civilian Labor Force Participation Rates by Sex Credit: Livia Crim | Data Source: BLS 1950 - 2005 and Projected from 2010 - 2050 Male 90 Female 70 Percent 50 30 10 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2005 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050 11
Employment by Sex in Indiana – All Industries (1999 – 2016) Male Female Base Employment Count (millions) 7.4 7.0 6.6 6.2 5.8 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 Credit: Vatsal Jatakia | Data Source: QWI 12
Is the education pipeline leading to better gender balance within high-growth industries? No 13
Percent Female within Largest Fields of Study (Indiana 2016) 86% Health Professions Business & 59% Management 79% Education Liberal Arts, 61% Sciences, Humanities Engineering 11% Technologies Female Male 20% Computer Science Credit: Livia Crim | Data Source: IPEDS 14
Credit: Roshith Raghavan | Data Source: IPEDS and CIP-SOC Crosswalk Mapping Education to Occupation (Indiana 2016) Office/Administration Training/Library Healthcare Production Occupations Sales Business & Management 15
Key Findings & Future Research • Females are a clear majority in high-growth occupations. • Females are a clear majority in the current education pipeline leading to high-growth occupations. • Gender imbalance is a significant issue in current and projected economic and workforce environment. • Adult education and worker training programs may provide additional avenues into high-growth occupations, leading to gender balance – an area for further research. 16
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