Occupational segregation occurs when one demographic group is overrepresented or underrepresented among different kinds of work or different types of jobs. In 2015, for example, men were 53 percent of the U.S. labor force1, but held less than 30 percent of the jobs in education and more than 98 percent of the jobs in construction.2 … Continue reading Fact sheet: Occupational segregation in the United States