U.S. women in computing-related occupations 2000-2021

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Ahmed Sherif,
Dec 11, 2024
This statistic presents the percentage of employed women in computing-related occupations in the United States from 2000 to 2020. As of the last reported year, 28.8 percent of U.S. database administrators were female, down from 46.2 percent in 2016.

Percentage of employed women in computing-related occupations in the United States from 2000 to 2021

CharacteristicOperations research analystsWeb developersComputer systems analysts*Database administratorsSoftware developers, applications and systems software)Computer support specialistsComputer programmersNetwork and computer systems administratorsComputer hardware engineers
2021 51% 38.7% 37.5% 35% 19.7% 19.5% 19.5% 17.2% 13.4%
2020 42.9% 27.8% 35.6% 28.8% 19.4% 25.9% 21.1% 19.8% 18.4%
2019 42.7% 41.4% 40.1% 30.2% 18.7% 26.4% 20.3% 26.1% 22.8%
2018 49.1% 32.5% 37.5% 37.9% 19.3% 28.1% 21.2% 21.2% 18.9%
2017 51.5% 32.3% 38.9% 40.6% 18.7% 27.1% 21.2% 23.5% 17.2%
2016 55.4% 33.6% 35.7% 46.2% 20% 25.5% 22.6% 17.1% 24.7%
2015 50.7% 34.3% 34.2% 38% 17.9% 26.4% 21% 15.9% 12.8%
2014 55.4% 35.2% 34.2% 28% 19.8% 26.6% 21.4% 19.1% 15.3%
2013 52% 39.5% 34.9% 37.4% 19.7% 29% 23% 17.3% 9.2%
2009 47% - 27% 35% 20% 27% 20% 22% 9%
2005 50% - 30% 33% 22% 33% 26% 19% 11%
2000 51% - 34% 43% 24% 35% 26% 23% 22%
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Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Percentage of total employedOperations research analystsWeb developersComputer systems analysts*Database administratorsSoftware developers, applications and systems software)Computer support specialistsComputer programmersNetwork and computer systems administratorsComputer hardware engineers200020052009201320142015201620172018201920202021
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January 2022

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United States

Survey time period

2000, 2005, 2009, 2013 to 2021

Age group

16 years and older

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*Until 2013, the category was titled "Computer scientists and systems analysts"

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