Source page: McKinsey & Company
Commentary
Women remained significantly outnumbered in management roles at the beginning of 2020
Inequality | Diversity & Inclusion
October 1, 2020 – On the first step up the corporate ladder—from an entry-level role to manager—women continued to lose ground for the sixth year in a row, according to the latest Women in the Workplace study from LeanIn.Org and McKinsey. Women held just 38 percent of manager-level positions, while men held 62 percent.
To read the article, see “Women in the Workplace 2020,” September 30, 2020.
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Visual form
Bar Chart and Single KPI / Metric: first-promotion pipeline gap with manager-representation callouts.
Layout / body structure
The visual focuses on the first promotion from entry level to manager, then connects that promotion gap to the resulting manager-level composition. Read the promotion comparison first and the representation callouts second.
What is being compared
It compares men, women, and women of color at the first move into management, then compares the share of manager-level roles held by women and men.
Measurement system
Promotion is measured as the number of people promoted for every 100 men promoted. Representation is measured as percent share of manager-level roles.
Visible structure inside the graphic
The promotion comparison makes the broken rung visible at the entry-to-manager transition, while the manager-level percentages show the downstream result of that repeated gap.
Main takeaway from the visual
The chart shows that women’s underrepresentation in management starts at the first promotion step. Losing ground there compounds into a smaller share of manager roles.
Key standout values or extremes
Women hold 38 percent of manager-level roles while men hold 62 percent. For every 100 men promoted to manager, only 85 women are promoted, including 58 Black women and 71 Latinas.
Controls / sequence, when applicable
This is a static pipeline comparison chart; there are no in-chart controls to operate.
Companion media, when applicable
There is no separate companion audio or video; the promotion-gap chart is the full visual on this page.