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INDUSTRY FACTS

Women in STEM: The State of the Industry in 2025

  • Of all the people working in infrastructure (over 10.0 million), women comprise 10.9%.
  • The number of women on the front lines of a job — are ~1 for every 100 employees
  • 87% of women working in construction hold office positions
  • Men in STEM earn nearly $15,000 more annually than women
  • Women also only make up about 14% of staff executives
  • Leadership: Industry-wide, women comprised 7.5% of all STEM managers
  • According to a Microsoft survey, Girls cited a lack of female role models in STEM as a key reasons they did not follow a career in the sector.
  • Women make up 7% of line executive positions
  • 0% – no public infrastructure company is run by a woman
  • Gender-diverse companies are 25% more likely to achieve above-average profitability
  • 13% of STEM infrastructure firms are owned by women.
  • As women make up 47% of all employed individuals, this means that the infrastructure industry is only benefitting from about 1.25% of women in the workforce.
  • 9% of women-owned firms achieved revenues greater than $500,000
  • 21% of engineering majors are women
  • 19% of computer and information science majors are women
EMPOWER

EMPOWER

CREATE DISCOVERY DAYS AND INFORMATION FOR FEMALES IN INFRASTRUCTURE

EDUCATE

EDUCATE

PROVIDE GIRLS INFORMATION AND ACCESS TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE INDUSTRY

ENGAGE

ENGAGE

CREATE A COMMUNITY OF FUTURE FEMALE LEADERS THAT WANT TO CHANGE THE WORLD

EXPLORE

EXPLORE

CREATE A COMMUNITY OF FEMALE LEADERS THAT WILL WORK TO CREATE EQUALITY IN OPPORTUNITY