Women, Minorites Gain SES Slots

Women, Minorites Gain SES Slots

Women and minorities now hold more Senior Executive Service (SES) positions than ever before, data released by OPM shows. Women now represent almost 20 percent of the SES and minorities nearly 12 percent.

October 9, 1996

THE DAILY FED

Women, Minorites Gain SES Slots

The Education Department has a higher percentage (42 percent) of women SESers than any other major agency. The Social Security Administration has the highest percentage of minority SESers (36 percent).

OPM reported that the percent of women in the SES governmentwide jumped from 12.7 percent in 1992 to 19.7 percent this year. The percentage of minorities showed a more modest gain, rising from 8 percent in 1992 to 11.7 percent in 1996.

AGENCY REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN AND MINORITIES IN SES
Source: OPM

AGENCY
TOTAL
SES
WOMEN
% WOMEN
MINORITIES
% MINORITIES
DoD
1,264
148
12%
68
5%
(OSD)
(533)
(86)
(16)%
(29)
(5)%
Treasury
530
92
17%
56
11%
HHS
528
143
27%
88
17%
Energy
459
62
14%
39
8%
NASA
456
49
11%
44
10%
Commerce
392
70
18%
42
12%
Trans-
portation
358
66
18%
47
14%
Justice
336
66
20%
24
8%
Agri-
culture
335
67
20%
41
12%
(Navy)
(332)
(28)
(8)%
(17)
(5)%
VA
294
32
11%
27
9%
EPA
271
71
26%
22
8%
(Army)
(253)
(23)
(9)%
(15)
(6)%
Interior
234
61
26%
32
16%
NRC
183
14
8%
13
7%
Labor
166
46
28%
34
20%
(Air Force)
(146)
(11)
(8)%
(7)
(5)%
State
127
31
24%
15
12%
GSA
115
25
22%
18
16%
NSF
106
19
18%
12
11%
HUD
103
28
27%
28
27%
SSA
92
27
29%
33
36%
Education
79
33
42%
17
22%
Others
866
219
25%
107
13%
TOTAL
7,294
1,369
19%
807
11%

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