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dataset: eeo1-pay-data
title: EEO-1 Component 2 Pay Data
description: 'EEO-1 Component 2 Public Use File (PUF): aggregated W-2 pay data that EEOC published for collection years 2017 and 2018. Private employers with 100 or more employees and federal contractors reported each employee''s total Box 1 W-2 earnings, which EEOC bins into twelve standard pay bands and tabulates as employee counts by salary band, race/ethnicity, sex, job category, and industry (2- and 3-digit NAICS). This table holds the national-level rollup (one geography: United States). Counts pass through confidentiality suppression.'
source_table: eeo1_pay_nation
dimensions:
- name: geography
label: Geography
description: 'Geographic level of the rollup. In this national table the value is the United States as a whole (a single national aggregate covering the 50 states and the District of Columbia).'
type: category
- name: year
label: Year
description: 'EEO-1 Component 2 collection year. The Component 2 pay PUF covers two years, 2017 and 2018; pay reflects total W-2 (Box 1) earnings reported for that calendar year.'
type: time
- name: naics_digits
label: NAICS Level
description: 'NAICS aggregation level for the industry breakout: 2 for the two-digit sector or 3 for the three-digit subsector, using the 2017 North American Industry Classification System.'
type: code
- name: naics
label: NAICS Code
description: 'NAICS industry code (two- or three-digit, per the NAICS Level field) identifying the employer''s industry under NAICS 2017. Resolves against the committed NAICS 2022 industry-context reference (reference.naics) at the 2-digit sector or 3-digit subsector level for the industry title and a description of the industries it contains, for example 62 is Health Care and Social Assistance and 111 is Crop Production.'
type: code
- name: naics_name
label: NAICS Industry
description: 'Industry name corresponding to the NAICS code (NAICS 2017 sector or subsector title); matches the sector/subsector title carried in the NAICS 2022 industry-context reference (reference.naics).'
type: code
- name: race
label: Race/Ethnicity
description: 'Race/ethnicity of the employees in the cell. Component 2 uses seven categories, coded in the data as WHITE, BLACK, HISPANIC, ASIAN, AIAN (American Indian or Alaska Native), NHOPI (Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander), and TOMR (Two or More Races).'
type: category
- name: sex
label: Sex
description: 'Sex of the employees in the cell, coded M (Male) or F (Female).'
type: category
- name: job_category
label: Job Category
description: 'EEO-1 job category of the employees. Component 2 uses the ten standard EEO-1 categories: Executive/Senior Officials and Managers, First/Mid Officials and Managers, Professionals, Technicians, Sales Workers, Office and Clerical Workers, Craft Workers, Operatives, Laborers, and Service Workers.'
type: category
- name: salaryband
label: Salary Band
description: 'W-2 pay band into which the employee''s total annual earnings fall. Component 2 uses twelve bands: $19,239 and under; $19,240-$24,439; $24,440-$30,679; $30,680-$38,999; $39,000-$49,919; $49,920-$62,919; $62,920-$80,079; $80,080-$101,919; $101,920-$128,959; $128,960-$163,799; $163,800-$207,999; and $208,000 and over.'
type: category
measures:
- name: employment_value
label: Employee Count
description: 'Number of employees in the cell defined by geography, year, industry (NAICS), race/ethnicity, sex, job category, and salary band. Counts reflect confidentiality suppression applied to protect individual employer pay records.'
agg: sum
type: number
metadata:
title: EEO-1 Component 2 Pay Data
description: 'EEO-1 Component 2 Public Use File (PUF): aggregated W-2 pay data that EEOC published for collection years 2017 and 2018. Private employers with 100 or more employees and federal contractors reported each employee''s total Box 1 W-2 earnings, which EEOC bins into twelve standard pay bands and tabulates as employee counts by salary band, race/ethnicity, sex, job category, and industry (2- and 3-digit NAICS). This table holds the national-level rollup (one geography: United States). Counts pass through confidentiality suppression.'
identifier: gov-eeoc-eeo1-pay-data
publisher: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
contactPoint: Jiashen.You@eeoc.gov
modified: '2026-06-20'
keyword:
- EEO-1
- Component 2
- pay data
- compensation
- salary band
- pay equity
- race
- ethnicity
- sex
- job category
- NAICS
- private employers
accessRights: public
accrualPeriodicity: R/P1Y
temporal:
start: '2017-01-01'
end: '2018-12-31'