Business Women Have Come A Long Way

BUSINESS WOMEN have come long way, baby! WOMEN DRIVE THE ECONOMY women ages 50 and older control A NET WORTH OF $$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$ TRILLION #19 women bring in 1/29 OR MORE of the income in 55% and own more than O/E of the nation's financial wealth of US households women acCount for 70% of all privately held small-business start-ups and have for over the last and have for over the lest 5YEARS! 1969 2009 DECADES Growlh TO OF 43%: 1969 vs, 2009 59 % OF WORKING-AGE WOMEN IN THE U.S. WERE IN THE LABOR FORCE. NEARLY HALF THE LABOR FORCE 38.1% 46.2% 46.7% +1970 1997 2010 WOMEN-OWNED 10.1 firms are owned by women, employing more than 13 MILLION MILLION people, and generating $1.9 TRILLION in sales 1 IN 5 $1 MIL firms with revenue of or more is woman-owned WHAT DO woтеn NEARN? WOMEN'S EARNINGS AS A PERCENT OF MEN'S EARNINGS Combined Food Preparation & Serving Workers 112.1% Bill & Account Collectors 109.5% Stock Clerks & Order Fillers 105.1% Postal Service Clerks 94.5% Social Workers 91.1% Editors 88.3% Registered Nurses 86.5% Pharmacists 83.2% Computer & Information System Managers 81.8% Postsecondary Teachers 77.3% Lawyers 77.1% Insurance Sales Agents 66.7% Property, Real Estate & Community Association Managers 65.3% Retail Salespersons 64.7% Personal Financial Advisors 58.4% CLOSING THE GAP $669 In 2010, full-time, salaried women median weekly earnings was $669, compared with $824 for men. $824 62% of what men earned 80% of what men earned Beginning In1979, in 2004. women earned on average women started earning on average A SIGN OF THE TIMES? The gap in women's and men's wages is smaller among young workers than their older counterparts. Is this changing because it's a new generation, or are women falling behind men as they get older and their careers progress? Women ages 16 to 34, earnings are Women ages 35 to 64, earn >90% <80% of men's earnings of what men earn across the board 3XTHE SMARTS and not looking back Women have made big moves in the last 3 decades and have passed up men in both college enrollment and completion. This happened in the early 1990's and women have been leaving men in the dust ever since. In... 1970 22.1% 33.5% of women had less than of women had either attended some college or graduated with a degree a high school diploma 66.7% 6.8 2010 Nomen TAKE THE LEAD In1984,, 50% women made up Or more of the workforce in 3 industries: government education & health financial activities services women 50% made up Or more of the workforce in 5 industries: By 2009, wom E90 government leisure & hospitality education & health services financial activities other services SOURCES: U.S. MassMutual Financial Group - 2007 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Women at Work Spotlight on Statistics Pew Research Center, "A Gender Reversal On Career Aspirations," April 19, 2012 Statistics from the Center for Women's Business Research, 2006 The U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Report 1031, "Highlights of Women's Earnings in 2010," July 2011 Report by the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee, "Women and the Economy 2010: 25 Years of Progress But This "Business Women have Come a Long Way, Baby" Infographic was designed by 123Print, a leader in printing personalized business and social communications products, induding affordable custom business cards, postcards, letterhead and invitations. Visit 123print.com to learn more. 123PRINT Challenges Remain," August 2010