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August 13, 2014

Apple tech jobs: 78% held by white, Asian men

  • But Apple has been an outspoken champion for diversity since Tim Cook succeeded Steve Jobs as CEO nearly three years ago.
    • By MICHAEL LIEDTKE
    AP Technology Writer

    SAN FRANCISCO — Apple primarily relies on white and Asian men for its top-paying technology jobs, feeding the perception that Silicon Valley's economic boom is largely excluding women, blacks and Hispanics.

    A breakdown released Tuesday by Apple Inc. showed 54 percent of the company's technology jobs in the U.S. are filled by whites and another 23 percent by Asians. Men make up 80 percent of Apple's technology workforce throughout the world. The iPhone and iPad maker didn't provide racial statistics for its global workforce of 98,000 employees.


     
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