Thursday, October 9, 2014
SAN FRANCISCO — Hispanics, Asians and blacks are not getting equal pay for equal work in the high-tech industry.
That's the finding of new research that shows Hispanics earn $16,353 a year less on average than their colleagues who are not Hispanic.
In the same high-skilled positions such as computer programmers and software developers, Asians make $8,146 less than whites and blacks $3,656 less than whites, according to the report from the American Institute for Economic Research.
"What this tells us is that race and ethnicity matter, and they matter a lot," said Nicole Kreisberg, the senior research analyst who conducted the research. "Simply increasing diversity is not enough. We also have to talk about money."
The study takes into account education, occupation, age, geography, gender, citizenship status, marital status and children in the home.
Recently released numbers from some of the largest and most powerful high-tech companies show blacks and Hispanics are largely absent and women are underrepresented in Silicon Valley.
