[game_edu] Dept of Labor Data

[Dan Rosenthal]

Gregory,

I researched briefly. There is a 2000 report from the Bureau of Labor  
Statistics, which mentions that they did not have numbers on game  
development and were relying on industry sources (in fact, the report  
seemed to have been heavily influenced by industry lobbyists).

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2000/summer/art01.htm

It appears to be the only report that BLS has on game development  
available on the web.

IGDA has a more recent study (2005) showing 11.5% of game developers  
polled in 2005 responded as female; core development roles such as  
programming, design, etc. were distributed similarly (appx. 11%).  
Other roles such as HR, IT, and writing, had significantly higher  
distributions of females. Perhaps someone who was involved in the  
study findings can help more.

http://www.igda.org/diversity/IGDA_DeveloperDemographics_Oct05.pdf

Game Developer Magazine has a 2004-2007 salary report that might be of  
use to you as well; it's pay-to-download for an extraordinary fee.

Hope this helps.

-Dan


On Sep 1, 2009, at 4:22 PM, Gregory Walek wrote:


>

> Does anyone have (or point me in the direction of) data from the Dept.

> of Labor that shows women are a minority in game development?

>

>

> Gregory Walek

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