CHICAGO and ATLANTA, Feb. 24,
2017 /PRNewswire/ -- First comes love, second comes
marriage, then comes… delayed family plans? Eighty-three percent of
women over the age of 25 who plan to have children are postponing
starting a family to focus on their career, compared to 79 percent
of men, found a recent CareerBuilder survey. Wanting to earn and
save enough money to provide for their family was the top reason
given by both women and men who plan to have children (50 percent
and 53 percent, respectively), followed by the desire to become
more established and get ahead in their career (28 percent and 33
percent, respectively).
One in seven women who plan to have children (15 percent) said
they are waiting until at least age 35 to start a family.
Sixty-three percent are waiting until at least age 30. Men were
twice as likely to postpone having children until at least age 35
at 30 percent. They were equally likely to wait until at least age
30 at 64 percent.
The nationwide survey was conducted by Harris Poll on behalf of
CareerBuilder from November 16 to December
6, 2016, among a representative sample of 3,411 U.S.
full-time, private sector workers across industries and company
sizes and 2,391 full-time hiring and human resources managers
across industries and company sizes.
"There is a growing trend among today's workforce —
both men and women are waiting to have children until they have
reached their professional and financial goals," said Rosemary Haefner, chief human resources officer
at CareerBuilder. "Despite similar reasons for postponing family
plans, men and women differ widely on how much they expect to earn
and at what level of position over their careers."
Salary and Title Expectations for Men and Women
When
asked to estimate the salary they would ultimately reach in their
careers, men were much more likely than women to report they expect
to earn $100,000 or more. Forty-four
percent of men said they expect to reach a six figure salary
compared to 20 percent of women.
On average, the highest salary men said they expect to reach
during their careers is around $137,000. Women anticipate reaching around
$79,000 on average.
Men are also more likely than women to expect higher job levels
during their career, more than doubling women's expectation
percentage in company owner and vice president levels. Twenty-two
percent of women expect to remain or reach entry-level compared to
10 percent of men.
Job Level Expected
to Reached During Career
|
Men
|
Women
|
Company
Owner
|
9%
|
4%
|
Senior management
(CEO, CFO, CTO, etc.)
|
6%
|
4%
|
Vice
President
|
5%
|
2%
|
Director
|
10%
|
8%
|
Manager
|
29%
|
27%
|
Professional/technical role
|
31%
|
32%
|
Entry
level/administrative/clerical
|
10%
|
22%
|
Genders do not agree about equal pay in the
workplace
Today a third of women (34 percent) do not think
they earn the same pay as the opposite sex in their organization
who have similar experience and qualifications. Men are not as
convinced about the wage gap; 82 percent say they earn the same
pay.
Survey Methodology
This survey was conducted online
within the U.S. by Harris Poll on behalf of CareerBuilder among
2,391 hiring and human resource managers ages 18 and over (employed
full-time, not self-employed, including 2,391 in the private
sector) and 3,411 employees ages 18 and over (employed full-time,
not self-employed, non-government) between
November 16 and December 6, 2016. Percentages for some
questions are based on a subset, based on their responses to
certain questions. With a pure probability sample of 2,391 and
3,411, one could say with a 95 percent probability that the overall
results have sampling errors of +/- 2.00 and +/- 1.68 percentage
points, respectively. Sampling error for data from sub-samples is
higher and varies.
About CareerBuilder®
CareerBuilder is a global,
end-to-end human capital solutions company focused on helping
employers find, hire and manage great talent. Combining
advertising, software and services, CareerBuilder leads the
industry in recruiting solutions, employment screening and human
capital management. It also operates top job sites around the
world. Owned by TEGNA Inc. (NYSE:TGNA), Tribune Media (NYSE:TRCO)
and McClatchy (NYSE:MNI), CareerBuilder and its subsidiaries
operate in the United States,
Europe, South America, Canada and Asia. For more information, visit
www.careerbuilder.com.
Media Contact
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Nauen
773-353-3803
rachel.nauen@careerbuilder.com
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