Julie Graber The Institute on Women

Educational Attainment

•  Only 24% of Ohio’s women have four or more years of college

•  Ohio continues to languish in the bottom 12 states for educational attainment

•  US Average for women: 27.8%

Educational Attainment

–  It takes four or more years of college (or the equivalent) to increase the median earnings of women in Ohio to exceed the median earnings of men with a high school diploma ($38,500 vs. $33,000)

–  Four or more years of college reduces the rate of poverty among women from 14% to 3.9%

Men with HS: $32,700 Women with HS: $21,000

Men with BS/BA: $56,000 Women with BS/BA: $38,500

POVERTY RATE IN OHIO

Occupational Segregation

•  Of the 2010 top 20 leading occupations in the U.S. for women, 16 out of 20, or 80%, of them do not meet the standard.

•  Women represent the majority of the employees in 7 out of Ohio's 10 largest occupations. •  Of the nine occupations which do not meet the annual self-

sufficiency standard, women are the majority of employees in 6 of them.

Income Comparisons

Policy Advocacy

•  Paid Sick Leave Days –  8 in 10 low-wage

workers have no sick leave benefits

–  Women are less likely than men to have paid sick leave – even though 80% of moms handle family health care

•  Accessible, Affordable, Available Childcare –  Restore eligibility in

Ohio to 150% of poverty –  Provide benefits when

jobless and for educational activities

–  Create a step-down policy as wages improve

Women in the Ohio Legislature

Women in Corporate Leadership

Central  Ohio   Ohio   US  Public  companies  headquartered  in  Columbus  MSA                          

(28)  

F1000  public  companies  

headquartered  in  Ohio  (54)  

F500                                                        (497)  

Women  on  Boards   13.7%   16.2%   16.1%  

Female  Execu@ve  Officers   13%   12.2%   14.1%  

Companies  with  No  Female  Board  Members   9  (32%)   6  (11%)   11%  

Companies  with  No  Female  Execu@ve  Officers   13  (46%)   17  (31%)   27.4%