BLS reports this occupation as 24.9% women and 5.6% Hispanic across 85,000 workers. smallest engineering occupation, lowest Hispanic share.
How people get in
ABET bachelor's.
Where it sits against the rest
| Occupation | Employed | % women | % Hispanic | Latina |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical & electronics engineers | 284,000 | 10.1% | 10.6% | 1.07% |
| Mechanical engineers | 419,000 | 11.2% | 10.9% | 1.22% |
| Software developers | 2,254,000 | 20.3% | 6.1% | 1.24% |
| Chemical engineers | 85,000 | 24.9% | 5.6% | 1.39% |
| Computer programmers | 381,000 | 18.5% | 9.2% | 1.70% |
| Database administrators & architects | 148,000 | 36.3% | 6.8% | 2.47% |
| Industrial engineers | 274,000 | 23.3% | 11.0% | 2.56% |
| Computer support specialists | 677,000 | 29.1% | 9.2% | 2.68% |
| Civil engineers | 525,000 | 21.8% | 12.5% | 2.73% |
| Network & systems administrators | 154,000 | 18.2% | 15.3% | 2.78% |
| Web developers | 66,000 | 36.8% | 11.4% | 4.20% |
| Computer systems analysts | 569,000 | 44.0% | 10.7% | 4.71% |
| Elementary & middle school teachers | 3,511,000 | 79.2% | 12.8% | 10.14% |
| Preschool & kindergarten teachers | 644,000 | 97.1% | 18.7% | 18.16% |
Highlighted rows are the teaching occupations that broad "STEM" definitions include.
What actually moves it
- WIOA-funded training — pays for the credential, ages 14 to 24 and adults: find your local office.
- Registered apprenticeship — a wage from day one instead of tuition: apprenticeship.gov.
- FAFSA — the gate to nearly all aid, free to file: studentaid.gov.
- Start at 14 — the youngest funded on-ramp we know of: work and paid training at 14.
En español
Hay aproximadamente 27,911 latinas trabajando como desarrolladoras de software en todo Estados Unidos — de 2,254,000 personas en esa ocupación. Las latinas son alrededor del 1.2% de esa profesión, mientras que los hispanos representan casi el 19% de la fuerza laboral del país.
Cuando una organización dice "latinas en STEM" e informa un número mucho más alto, generalmente está incluyendo maestras de preescolar y soporte técnico. Ese trabajo es real y está mal pagado — pero no es ingeniería de datos.
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Photographs on this campaign are licensed stock used as illustration — not portraits of people in the BLS counts. Full credits: CREDITS.md.