Compared to their white male counterparts, Black women who were seeking tech jobs received even lower salary offers last year than they did the year before, according to a new report.
For every $1 of base salary companies offered white male candidates for tech jobs in 2021, they offered 92 cents to Black female candidates, according to the report from Hired Inc., which offers an online job board. That was down from 94 cents for every dollar for male candidates in 2020, Hired said in the report, released Tuesday.
"The state of Black candidates in our 2021 data actually showed a decline in progress," Josh Brenner, Hired's CEO, told the Sacramento Business Journal. He continued: "There's still ample room for improvement."
Hired's data only includes base salary offers. It doesn't include data on salaries or pay gaps among companies' existing employees.
The job board provider attributed the gap in salary offers in part to lower pay expectations by Black women. For every dollar white male job seekers listed as their preferred salary on Hired's site, Black women listed 91 cents, according to Hired's report. Lower salary expectations and demands are correlated with lower pay offers, Brenner said.
One factor that may be linked to both lower salary expectations and lower offers is that Black women left the labor force in at higher rates than women of other races last year, he said. It's also possible the lower salaries offered Black women encouraged them to expect lower pay.
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For every $1 of base salary companies offered white male candidates for tech jobs in 2021, they offered 92 cents to Black female candidates, according to the report from Hired Inc., which offers an online job board. That was down from 94 cents for every dollar for male candidates in 2020, Hired said in the report, released Tuesday.
"The state of Black candidates in our 2021 data actually showed a decline in progress," Josh Brenner, Hired's CEO, told the Sacramento Business Journal. He continued: "There's still ample room for improvement."
Hired's data only includes base salary offers. It doesn't include data on salaries or pay gaps among companies' existing employees.
The job board provider attributed the gap in salary offers in part to lower pay expectations by Black women. For every dollar white male job seekers listed as their preferred salary on Hired's site, Black women listed 91 cents, according to Hired's report. Lower salary expectations and demands are correlated with lower pay offers, Brenner said.
One factor that may be linked to both lower salary expectations and lower offers is that Black women left the labor force in at higher rates than women of other races last year, he said. It's also possible the lower salaries offered Black women encouraged them to expect lower pay.
Continue reading: https://www.bizjournals.com/bizwomen/news/latest-news/2022/06/black-female-tech-candidates-lost-ground-in-2021.html?page=all
