Data and Research
The Women in Manufacturing Association has compiled the following articles and research to share relevant data about women working in the manufacturing industry.
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Resources
- WiM and Xometry's 2024 Career Advancement for Manufacturing Report - Released February 2024
- Manufacturers Alliance and WiM's "In Her Own Words, Breaking the Glass Ceiling is Good for Business" Report - Released July 2023
- WiM and Xometry's 2023 Career Advancement for Manufacturing Report – Released March 2023
- U.S. Census Bureau Analysis: More Women in Manufacturing Jobs in Every Age Group – Released October 2022
- WiM and Thomas' Women in Manufacturing Live Webinar Recording
- WiM and Thomas’ Women in Manufacturing Benchmark Study – Released February 2022
- Women in the Labor Force: A Databook – Bureau of Labor Statistics Report April 2021
- Great Place to Work’s Research on Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) – Released November 2020
- McKinsey’s 2020 Women in the Workplace Report – Released September 2020
- U.S. Census Bureau’s Women in Manufacturing Overview – Released October 2017
- U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, Industry by Sex Data – Updated annually (data can be filtered by state, county or metropolitan area)