2007 Catalyst Census of Women Corporate Officers and Top Earners of the Fortune 500

Women Corporate Officers Hold Fewer Line Jobs in the Fortune 500 Overall Representation Stagnates

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The percentage of women officers in line jobs, gateway for promotion to top leadership, decreased 1.8 percentage points—or 6 percent. Slightly more than one-quarter of women officers held line positions, but one-half of men did.

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• Little change occurred in the percentages of corporate officer and top earner positions held by women.

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In 2007, ten more companies had no women corporate officers — a 15.6 percent increase from 2006.

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Catalyst Metrics
2007 Census: Women Board Directors
Census Archives

Appendices:

• Companies With 25 Percent or More Women Corporate Officers
• Companies With No Women Corporate Officers
• Average Number and Percentage of Women Board Directors and Women Corporate Officers by Fortune Rank
• Average Number and Percentage of Women Board Directors and Women Corporate Officers by Geographic Region
• Average Number and Percentage of Women Board Directors and Women Corporate Officers by Industry
• Number of Companies by Industry

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