Blacks and Hispanics underrepresented across most STEM job clusters % of employed adults in each occupational group who are
Blacks and Hispanics are underrepresented in the STEM workforce. Overall, blacks and Hispanics are underrepresented in the STEM workforce relative to their shares in the U.S. workforce as a whole. This underrepresentation is evident across all STEM job clusters, with one exception: 11% of health care practitioners and technicians are black, similar to the share of blacks in the total workforce.
Blacks and Hispanics underrepresented  | across most STEM job clusters  | % of employed adults in each occupational group who  | are  | White Asian Black Hispanic  | All employed  | 65% 6% 11% 16%  | STEM jobs  | 69 13  | Among those who work in  | jobs  | Enginee ring  | 73 12 5 8  | Health-rela ted  | 70 9 11  | Physical science  | 68 16 6  | Math  | 68 14  | Life science  | 67 19  | Computer  | 65  | 19  | Note: Based on employed adults ages 25 and older. Whites blacks  | and Asians include only non-Hispanics Hispanics areofany race  | Other and mixed race non-Hispanics are notshown. Engineering  | includes architects STEM stands for science technology, Engineering  | engineering and math.  | engineering Source: Pew and Resea rch Centerana lysis of 2014 2016 American  | Community Survey (IPUMS).  | "Women and Men in STEM Often atOdds Over Workplace Equity"  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 