A new study conducted by Infogroup shows women have made immense progress in the workforce and now hold 300% more leadership jobs than they did 10 years ago, a feat particularly highlighted in honor of International Women’s Day celebrated on March 8th. The data marketing solutions company looked at historical records from 2010 to 2020 of women who held leadership roles from entry-level management to top executives, assessing the success of women’s rights and gender equality movements over the years.
Drawing upon their 45 years of history of creating its own data that includes making more than 24 million verification calls per year to ensure data quality, the company issued the study’s results revealing the significant progress of women moving into leadership roles. In 2010, 724,296 women had job titles of leadership including CEO, president, director, manager, among dozens of others. By 2020, the number of women in leadership had climbed to almost 2.2 million at an all-time high.
The team examined business and consumer data that included millions of records, segmented by job title, gender, age, ethnicity, and more. The study gave insight on how companies can move toward gender equality and ensure equal wage opportunity in the workforce.
“More female leadership shows progressive change for companies, especially at the executive level,” said Michael Iaccarino, Chairman and CEO of Infogroup. “We are thankful our historical business and consumer data allow us to share these findings with everyone.”
