{"id":7242,"date":"2022-02-16T10:18:02","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T15:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jointcenter.org\/?p=7242"},"modified":"2024-04-22T17:11:39","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T21:11:39","slug":"recent-u-s-house-compensation-and-diversity-survey-shows-african-americans-and-latina-os-are-underrepresented-among-senior-roles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jointcenter.org\/recent-u-s-house-compensation-and-diversity-survey-shows-african-americans-and-latina-os-are-underrepresented-among-senior-roles\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent U.S. House Compensation and Diversity Survey Shows African Americans and Latina\/os are Underrepresented Among Senior Roles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><br \/>\n<center><b><i>African American personal office staff hasn\u2019t significantly changed in two years<\/i><\/b><\/center>The <a href=\"https:\/\/diversity.house.gov\/diversity-house\">House Office of Diversity &amp; Inclusion<\/a> (ODI) recently released results from <a href=\"https:\/\/diversity.house.gov\/sites\/diversity.house.gov\/files\/documents\/2021_House%20Comp%20%26%20Diversity%20Study_Demo%20%26%20Diversity%20Executive%20Summary.pdf\">its study<\/a> on diversity and compensation. The study is based on findings from a web-based survey on salary, benefits, and demographics sent to all 10,995 House staff across all Member offices, committee offices, leadership offices, and House officer offices. Of all House staff, 52.5 percent (5,777) participated in the survey. The study does not disclose the partisan breakdown of survey respondents.<\/p>\n<p>The Joint Center analyzed the diversity of House staff in personal offices who responded to the survey. The Joint Center\u2019s analysis finds that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>African Americans account for 13.4 percent of the U.S. population, but 11.5 percent of House personal office staff. However, African Americans are underrepresented in top roles (7 percent) such as chief of staff, legislative director, and communications director relative to the Black population. This latest number only reflects a .5% increase from two years ago.<\/li>\n<li>The U.S. House\u2019s percentage of Latina\/0 personal office staff (15.4 percent) is lower than the Latina\/o population in the U.S. (18.5 percent). The disparity is even wider when comparing the percentage of Latina\/os in senior roles (8.7 percent) such as chief of staff, legislative director, and communications director.<\/li>\n<li>The U.S. House\u2019s percentage of white personal office staff (72.9 percent) is higher than the white population in the U.S. (60.1 percent). The gap is even wider when comparing the percentage of whites in top roles (79.5 percent) such as chief of staff, legislative director, and communications director.<\/li>\n<li>Asian Americans account for 5.9 percent of the U.S. population, but 5 percent of House personal office staff. However, they are almost proportionally represented when compared to the percentage of Asian Americans in senior roles (5.5 percent) such as chief of staff, legislative director, and communications director.<\/li>\n<li>The U.S. House\u2019s population of Native American or Hawaiian (1.5 percent) is proportional to the Native American or Hawaiian population in the U.S. (1.5 percent). Similarly, they are almost proportionately in top roles (1.4 percent) such as chief of staff, legislative director, and communications director.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Charts reflecting our analysis can be found below.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Chart 1: Chief of Staff vs. House Staff and U.S. Population<\/b><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_7243\" style=\"width: 1087px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7243\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7243 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/jointcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Picture1-2.png\" alt=\"Chart 1: Chief of Staff vs. House Staff and U.S. Population\" width=\"1077\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jointcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Picture1-2.png 1077w, https:\/\/jointcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Picture1-2-300x137.png 300w, https:\/\/jointcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Picture1-2-1024x467.png 1024w, https:\/\/jointcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Picture1-2-768x350.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1077px) 100vw, 1077px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7243\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">*We added Native American and Native Hawaiian categories from the survey to compare to the Census demographic data. Race and ethnicity questions are asked separately, so the percentages will not add up to 100%.<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Chart 2: Legislative Director vs. House Staff and U.S. Population<\/b><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_7244\" style=\"width: 1087px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7244\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7244 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/jointcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Picture2-1.png\" alt=\"Chart 2: Legislative Director vs. House Staff and U.S. Population\" width=\"1077\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jointcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Picture2-1.png 1077w, https:\/\/jointcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Picture2-1-300x137.png 300w, https:\/\/jointcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Picture2-1-1024x467.png 1024w, https:\/\/jointcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Picture2-1-768x350.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1077px) 100vw, 1077px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7244\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">*We added Native American and Native Hawaiian categories from the survey to compare to the Census demographic data. Race and ethnicity questions are asked separately, so the percentages will not add up to 100%.<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Chart 3: Communications Director\/Press Secretary vs.\u00a0<\/b><b>House Staff and U.S. Population<\/b><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_7245\" style=\"width: 1087px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7245\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7245 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/jointcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Picture3-1.png\" alt=\"Chart 3: Communications Director\/Press Secretary vs. House Staff and U.S. Population\" width=\"1077\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jointcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Picture3-1.png 1077w, https:\/\/jointcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Picture3-1-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/jointcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Picture3-1-1024x499.png 1024w, https:\/\/jointcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Picture3-1-768x374.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1077px) 100vw, 1077px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7245\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">*We added Native American and Native Hawaiian categories from the survey to compare to the Census demographic data. Race and ethnicity questions are asked separately, so the percentages will not add up to 100%.<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Chart 4: 2019 vs. 2021 House Personal Staff<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7246 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/jointcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Picture4-1.png\" alt=\"Chart 4: 2019 vs. 2021 House Personal Staff\" width=\"1266\" height=\"783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jointcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Picture4-1.png 1266w, https:\/\/jointcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Picture4-1-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/jointcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Picture4-1-1024x633.png 1024w, https:\/\/jointcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Picture4-1-768x475.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1266px) 100vw, 1266px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. House Office of Diversity and Inclusion improved upon its previous report by including disaggregated data on diversity by position and asking respondents perceptions of their office climate. In <a href=\"https:\/\/jointcenter.org\/house-wide-compensation-and-diversity-study-shows-african-americans-and-latinos-are-underrepresented-among-key-roles-in-the-u-s-house\/\">our analysis<\/a> of the ODI\u2019s 2019 Compensation and Diversity Survey,\u00a0 the Joint Center called for the disaggregation of staff diversity by position, as presenting disaggregated data can reveal where the growth opportunities are for diversifying congressional staffers. In our analysis here, for example, we found that African Americans account for 13.4 percent of the U.S. population, but 11.5 percent of House personal office staff. However, the disparity is substantial when compared to the percentage of African American communication directors (4.4 percent). Regarding <a href=\"https:\/\/diversity.house.gov\/sites\/diversity.house.gov\/files\/documents\/2021_House%20Comp%20%26%20Diversity%20Study_Demo%20%26%20Diversity%20Executive%20Summary.pdf\">office climate<\/a> in the U.S. House, 79.3 percent of staffers who participated in the survey believe their office culture to be inclusive. Almost 80 percent of survey respondents believe their office leadership values staffers with varied backgrounds and experiences.<\/p>\n<p>ODI\u2019s Compensation and Diversity Study is the most comprehensive report from the U.S. House on race, gender, and compensation. According to the survey results, House staffers, on average, receive equal pay for equal work regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and faith. The median salary for staffers in Member offices is $50,000. However, average salary differences may be attributed, in part, to job type. For Member Offices, representation of staffers of color is lower at senior-level positions when compared to junior-level positions. The finding of ODI\u2019s survey is consistent with what Joint Center research has consistently demonstrated:<i> congressional offices lack staff diversity at more senior levels<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>ODI\u2019s Compensation and Diversity Study comes after the Joint Center recommended that the House collect and disclose detailed demographic data in our 2018 report, <a href=\"https:\/\/jointcenter.org\/joint-center-releases-report-on-racial-diversity-among-top-house-staff\/\"><i>Racial Diversity Among Top U.S. House Staff<\/i><\/a>. Other Joint Center recommendations, such as creating an Office of Diversity &amp; Inclusion and incorporating the \u201cRooney Rule,\u201d have been adopted by the U.S. House of Representatives and Democratic Caucus, respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>African American personal office staff hasn\u2019t significantly changed in two yearsThe House Office of Diversity &amp; Inclusion (ODI) recently released results from its study on diversity and compensation. 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