Apple disclosed for the first time its EEO-1, a government report on the demographic breakdown of its U.S.-based workforce.
Up to now, a major question about Apple’s demographics was how the diversity of the main company compares to workers its retail stores.
Today Apple provided a window. From counting just those in the “sales” category (which may not exactly match with retail staff and may include corporate sales — Apple says in its diversity report that it doesn’t think the EEO-1 best reflects its organization):
- 12 percent — or 2,280 — of its 19,210 sales employees are African American
- 47 percent of all of Apple’s 4,809 African-American workers are in sales positions.
- 33 percent of Apple’s 17,165 female workers in the U.S. are in sales.
Overall, Apple reported that 69 percent of its global workforce is male, compared to 70 percent last year. In the U.S., its workforce is 54 percent white, 18 percent Asian, 11 percent Hispanic and eight percent black.
Above: Apple logo. (KIMIHIRO HOSHINO/AFP/Getty Images)
