Ask HN: Where can I find diversity data in tech companies?

[michaeloblak]

Hello, fellow HN readers.

Is there any publicly available dataset with diversity amongst tech companies? I'm doing a little research on the topic, and I wasn't able to find one with good and up-to-date data for more than board level employees. If there isn't any, we can try to make one.

I will update this public spreadsheet [1] with your answers. All pull requests to this spreadsheet are kindly welcome. I will try to update it as fast as possible.

If I forgot something in the worksheet or anyone is offended by it, then I'm very sorry. It wasn't the purpose of this. My goal is to just gather data around the topic.

Please, help me with the research with data from companies you work for.

[1] https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OAe2-aGLUw78ABZGs3ZvyMlHZkH5oPekgF1fQ_EQojI/edit?usp=sharing

[nyxtom]

Google has a lot of this information publicly available and broken down in further categories than the ones you mention; worth taking a look at

https://www.google.com/diversity/

Apple as well:

https://www.apple.com/diversity/

Microsoft:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/diversity

The numbers in a lot of these situations are only, unfortunately, at a level that we can't really get a lot more than raw count from. This tells us nothing about the pay gap problem and in general causal effects for exodus. If there is substantial evidence that pay is widely different between groups for the same exact job role (and there is a great deal of evidence that is the case); then it would be far better to have that data on hand.

Glassdoor appears to have some good metrics on this and I came across this article that at least describes these discrepancies across a few high profile companies.

https://www.geekwire.com/2014/stats-gender-pay-gap-microsoft...

It is notable that Microsoft appears to be far better than everyone else at ensuring equal pay between genders.

Also you can take a look at Glassdoor's overall research on the gender pay gap data:

https://research-content.glassdoor.com/app/uploads/sites/2/2...

This seems about right here:

"The single biggest cause of the gender pay gap is occupation and industry sorting of men and women into jobs that pay differently throughout the economy. In the U.S., occupation and industry sorting explains 54 percent of the overall pay gap—by far the largest factor. For example, Census figures show women make up only 26 percent of highly paid chief executives but 71 percent of low-paid cashiers. Past research suggests this is due partly to social pressures that divert men and women into different college majors and career tracks, or to other gender norms such as women bearing disproportionate responsibility for child and elderly care, which pressures women into more flexible jobs with lower pay."

Indeed, just from the above study, it's easy to conclude that the numbers alone are more reflective of the state of public policy issues and a lack of salary transparency across firms.

[corporateslave3]

Enough with this diversity crap