>From the recent IAI salary survey: http://iainstitute.org/news/000693.php
" We found the gender split to be almost equal: 49% female to 51% male. Also, female IAs on average make slightly more than males (US$87,500 versus US$85,300). Looking closer, we found more males in both the Under US$20,000 and Over US$150,000 categories. Removing the upper and lower categories from the calculation, women still held a lead in salary earned; however, in neither case was the difference statistically significant. The modal response for both genders was US$100,000-US$109,999. Still, men outnumber women nearly 2 to 1 in the Over $150,000 group. We ruled out an industry glass ceiling effect by isolating respondents with Chief, Lead, Director, President, Vice President or Principal in their titles. While there were 14 more males in these positions (just 2.4% of the survey population), women in this group as a whole still earned more. So why are there more men making over $150K if titles are more or less equal? The answer could be education. Men earning more than $150K were more likely to have a masters or doctorate degree. Men also were more likely to hold the Principal/President role, indicating that entrepreneurialism could be a factor. Of respondents whose titles were President or Principal, eight were men and only 3 were women. For next year, it will be interesting to know the academic areas the higher degrees represent, and how many people in these higher positions are running their own shops." -Stephanie Walker On Jan 30, 2008 1:42 PM, Meredith Noble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Huh? This is a professional organization. Where women are vastly > > underrepresented and face challenges that men do not as an > > underrepresented group. It totally makes sense for women, people of > > Just out of curiosity, are there any recent stats out there about the > number of women vs. the number of men in our field? > > My sense is that in the formal HCI world, which has been historically > rooted in computer science faculties, men tend to dominate. Outside the > academic HCI world and in the user experience industry, however, I have > felt a greater sense of balance between the sexes. That might have to do > with the fact that my firm is composed of 7 female IAs and 1 male IA, > however. ;) > > Would love to hear some stats if people have them, as I get asked this > question all the time and Dave's comment makes me worry I'm giving the > wrong answer! > > Meredith > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > Meredith Noble > Information Architect, Usability Matters Inc. > 416.598.7770 x6 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.usabilitymatters.com > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > ________________________________________________________________ > *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* > February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA > Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
