Latino Occupational Representation · Corporate / Management

The Corporate / Management Gap

Chief executives at 8.4%. Management analysts at 9.6%. The Fortune 500 boards, C-suites, and strategy functions setting corporate direction, capital allocation, and workforce policy for the largest institutions in the economy are among the least representative decision-making bodies in American professional life.

8.4%
Lowest-represented role
Chief executives
Source: BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg
12.8%
Average Latino share
across 10 occupations
vs. 18.7% U.S. Latino workforce share
100%
Occupations below the
18.7% workforce benchmark
10 of 10 occupations tracked
16.2%
Highest-represented role
Human resources workers
Source: BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg
Among chief executives of publicly traded companies, Latino representation (8.4%) is lower than in any occupation listed in government, education, or media. McKinsey's data shows top-quartile diverse companies outperform bottom-quartile by 36% on profitability.
All Occupations, Sorted by Latino Representation (lowest first)
Occupation Latino % · green line = 18.7% workforce benchmark Gap vs. benchmark Total employed Source
Chief executives
8.4% 		-10.3pp 1,802K BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg
Management analysts
9.6% 		-9.1pp 1,084K BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg
Project management specialists
10.0% 		-8.7pp 1,150K BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg
Marketing managers
11.5% 		-7.2pp 669K BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg
Human resources managers
13.3% 		-5.4pp 314K BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg
Sales managers
13.5% 		-5.2pp 563K BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg
General and operations managers
14.1% 		-4.6pp 1,379K BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping
15.5% 		-3.2pp 124K BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg
Purchasing managers
16.1% 		-2.6pp 222K BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg
Human resources workers
16.2% 		-2.5pp 897K BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg

Benchmark: 18.7% = U.S. Latino share of civilian labor force (BLS CPS 2025 annual average). California benchmark: 40.3% (CA Latino population share, 2020 Census). The green vertical line in each bar marks the 18.7% national workforce benchmark.

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Data & Methodology

Occupation data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey (CPS) Table 11, 2025 annual average. "Latino" = "Hispanic or Latino" per BLS CPS coding. All figures are annual averages of monthly survey estimates; small occupations (<50,000 workers) have higher margin of error.

Silicon Valley Technology figures sourced from cirlabs / Reveal News EEO-1 analysis of large tech employers, 2016 (most recent public EEO-1 release with race × job category × company detail). Internal job classifications differ from BLS CPS categories.

Gap = Latino % − 18.7% U.S. Latino workforce benchmark (BLS CPS 2025). Negative gap = underrepresented relative to workforce share. All data public domain. Script and source: github.com/turnerll/ligazon.