Equal employment opportunity: Who rises to the top?
The largest-ever release of corporate diversity data shows that many leading companies fail to hire workers who match the diversity of the U.S. workforce, particularly in the ranks of managers and executives. The U.S. Department of Labor released the records, which cover federal contractors with 50 or more employees, after a lawsuit by Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting. Search below to see how each company lined up as of 2020, the latest year for which data was available.
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| Name Click on a company's name to see more detailed information about their workforce demographics. | Employees | Share of managers and executives by ethnicity and race | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hispanic | Black* | Asian* | Other nonwhite* | |||
| UPS CORPORATE OFFICES | 508,287 | 14.8% | 20.9% | 4.1% | 3.9% | |
| WALGREENS BOOTS ALLIANCE | 223,068 | 11.0% | 11.9% | 11.2% | 2.6% | |
| COMPASS GROUP USA INC | 212,839 | 11.6% | 15.4% | 3.0% | 2.1% | |
| COSTCO COMPANIES INC | 202,873 | 20.5% | 8.1% | 6.5% | 3.0% | |
| FEDEX GROUND INC - 090 | 179,955 | 16.6% | 24.3% | 2.2% | 3.2% | |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION | 173,766 | 12.6% | 9.2% | 11.2% | 2.1% | |
| JPMORGAN CHASE AND COMPANY | 156,026 | 9.5% | 8.1% | 20.8% | 2.1% | |
| BOEING COMPANY THE | 123,187 | 6.3% | 6.0% | 8.0% | 2.6% | |
| RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES | 122,621 | 7.7% | 5.8% | 6.5% | 2.1% | |
| VERIZON CORPORATE | 117,903 | 9.2% | 12.5% | 12.6% | 2.9% | |
| AMERICAN AIRLINES GROUP | 113,391 | 11.5% | 11.9% | 7.3% | 2.5% | |
| FEDEX EXPRESS | 113,370 | 9.1% | 23.6% | 2.4% | 2.2% | |
| COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE | 111,564 | 8.7% | 13.1% | 8.0% | 2.6% | |
| ABM ALL CORPORATE | 102,900 | 29.3% | 20.0% | 4.5% | 2.2% | |
| APPLE INC. | 95,446 | 6.9% | 2.9% | 30.0% | 1.9% | |
| ALPHABET INC | 88,459 | 6.1% | 3.8% | 32.3% | 3.7% | |
| FORD MOTOR EXECUTIVE OFFICES | 85,009 | 3.1% | 9.8% | 8.4% | 1.1% | |
| UNITED CONTINENTAL HOLDING WHQ | 69,961 | 12.6% | 10.4% | 10.4% | 3.6% | |
| LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC. | 66,606 | 3.0% | 5.2% | 0.8% | 1.0% | |
| OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE INC | 66,336 | 13.4% | 10.8% | 1.8% | 3.2% | |
| MAYO FOUNDATION | 65,145 | 1.8% | 2.1% | 4.3% | 1.0% | |
| CIGNA CORPORATION | 63,038 | 5.5% | 8.7% | 7.3% | 1.7% | |
| IBM CORPORATION | 62,479 | 5.1% | 5.4% | 16.5% | 2.2% | |
| HONEYWELL | 55,141 | 7.2% | 4.4% | 10.0% | 2.1% | |
| 13 - 13 - CENTENE CORPORATION | 54,842 | 12.1% | 15.1% | 3.9% | 5.6% | |
Note: Data are from EEO-1 forms filed by companies with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and shared with the labor department. This database is incomplete because labor officials withheld data on companies that objected to disclosure; Reveal is fighting the omission in court.
U.S. Workforce share
| All | Men | Women | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 100% | 52.74% | 47.26% |
| Hispanic | 16.78% | 9.52% | 7.26% |
| White | 63.61% | 33.69% | 29.92% |
| Black | 11.20% | 5.19% | 6.01% |
| Asian | 5.74% | 3.00% | 2.74% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.53% | 0.26% | 0.27% |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | 0.16% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| Two or more races | 1.98% | 1.00% | 0.98% |
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