Employment and Income Disparities Between Black Women & Men in the U.S.

The image shows the income to employment disparities in six professional fields. Since, 1900 there have been considerable strides in Black employment particularly in an expansion of possibilities for employment. However small in number Black people are working across the spectrum occupations. Even so, it is no surprise that Black unemployment remains relatively high to that of other races. Here we decided to focus on Black men and women for a more intimate story in the larger employment story using a series of triangles. The length of each base represents employment while the high of the triangles represent income. Women are represented by a colorful outline and men are represented by a colored fill. The photographic images do not represent data, yet illustrate each occupational category. When we compare these disparities between Black men and women we see interesting trends where one gender may outpace the other within a given field. Some of these are surprising such as the relatively small amount of men hairstylist compared to women make almost double the income or how women outpace men in income and employment in the field of layer, judges, magistrates and other judicial workers.