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From page 10... ... 10 State Departments of Transportation SDOTs are the state counterparts to USDOT. Unlike transit agencies, which can be public or private, SDOTs are government agencies "responsible for owning, planning, designing, constructing, operating, maintaining, and repairing major components of each state's transportation system" (3) Read the entire page →
From page 11... ... 11 A review of the files provided by FHWA found that not all SDOTs had submitted an EEO-4 report. After follow-up phone calls were made to those agencies that had not submitted a report, the research team had a full set of EEO-4 reports for the SDOTs. Read the entire page →
From page 12... ... 12 hiring women in high-skill jobs (officials and administrators, 67%; professionals, 72%; and technicians, 78%) ; • Seventy-eight percent of the respondents said their agency has goals for the percentage of minorities they seek to employ, with 67% stating that these goals are linked to particular job classifications; and • Seventy-one percent of the SDOTs that have targets for minorities in particular job classifications have a clear policy of hiring minorities in high-skill jobs (officials and administrators, 72%; professionals, 86%; and technicians, 86%) Read the entire page →
From page 13... ... 13 • What is the disproportionality rate (underutilization or overutilization) of women and minorities within each of the EEO-4 occupational categories? Read the entire page →
From page 14... ... 14 Officials/ Administrators (%) Professionals (%) Read the entire page →
From page 15... ... 15 Officials/ Administrators (%) Professionals (%) Read the entire page →
From page 16... ... 16 • In the Midwest region, are underutilized in the administrative support category and overutilized in all other categories except protective services; • In the Southern region, are overutilized in all occupational categories except administrative support; • In the Western region, are overutilized in all occupational categories except the technicians and skilled craft categories. On average, White women • Are underutilized in five of the seven occupational categories (officials and administrators, professionals, technicians, protective service workers, and servicemaintenance) Read the entire page →
From page 17... ... 17 • In the Northeast region, are underutilized in all occupational categories; • In the Midwest region, are overutilized in the officials and administrators, professionals, technicians, and protective service workers categories and underutilized in the administrative support, skilled craft workers, and service-maintenance categories; • In the Southern region, are underutilized in all occupational categories except professionals; and • In the Western region, are overutilized in all occupational categories except administrative support and skilled craft workers. On average, Hispanic women • Are underutilized in the categories of officials and administrators, professionals, skilled craft workers, and service-maintenance; • In the Northeast region, are underutilized in all occupational categories; • In the Midwest region, are underutilized in the officials and administrators, professionals, skilled craft workers, and service-maintenance categories; • In the Southern region, are underutilized in all occupational categories; and • In the Western region, are underutilized in the categories of officials and administrators, professionals, skilled craft workers, and service-maintenance. Read the entire page →
From page 18... ... 18 Officials/ Administrators (%) Professionals (%) Read the entire page →
From page 19... ... 19 in all occupational categories but administrative support. White women were underutilized in five categories by more than half of the SDOTs. Read the entire page →
From page 20... ... 20 • Where do SDOTs have the greatest need? Do they need more administrators, engineers, planners, information technology specialists, office support workers, or maintenance workers, or is the need the same for all occupational categories? Read the entire page →
From page 21... ... Like SDOTs, transit agencies employ professionals with bachelor's degrees, such as engineers, planners, and information technology specialists; they also employ a large number of workers with high school degrees and with technical certifications, such as entry-level bus operators and mechanics. "The transit workforce comprises approximately 225,000 employees. Read the entire page →
From page 22... ... 22 Table 9. Overall Disproportionality Rates for Transit Agencies. Read the entire page →
From page 23... ... 23 Officials/ Administrators (%) Professionals (%) Read the entire page →
From page 24... ... 24 White women are underutilized in six of the seven occupational categories by more than 75% of the top-50 transit agencies. Decrease the underutilization rate for White women. Read the entire page →
From page 25... ... 25 underutilized group; this was also the case in SDOTs. Black men were underutilized by less than half of the transit agencies, in all occupational categories. Read the entire page →

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... 10 State Departments of Transportation SDOTs are the state counterparts to USDOT. Unlike transit agencies, which can be public or private, SDOTs are government agencies "responsible for owning, planning, designing, constructing, operating, maintaining, and repairing major components of each state's transportation system" (3)