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Results of survey by independent market research firm CSA Research reveal industry is above average with respect to gender equality, but also points out the structural obstacles that women may face in their careers
Issues related to gender, the workplace, and family are among the most important social and political concerns today. Language services – translation, localization, interpreting, and related tasks – are frequently seen as a female-dominated profession, but little data has been available to compare with other industries. The data from this research separates perception from reality.
"Gender and Family in the Language Services Industry” is the first in a series of reports by independent market research firm CSA Research dealing with gender and family issues among those who are employed in the language industry or who work with language services. It covers level issues concerning men’s and women’s experience with the workplace and family/work-life balance. This research gives language services industry companies the data they need to benchmark how they are doing with regard to gender and family issues in the workplace, a topic that can be vital when seeking to find and retain top-caliber talent.
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Economic studies show that jobs considered “women’s work” typically show lower pay than those associated with men, and that wages fall as more women enter a field. By contrast, both genders earn above-average wages in language services: US$50,900 in North America and $34,800 in Europe (versus economy-wide averages of US$49,630 and roughly US$20,000, respectively).
“These results are generally positive. Despite significant downward price pressures, language services professionals’ earnings are in line with – or exceed – those of other skilled professionals, without the penalty often associated with ‘women’s work,’” comments Arle Lommel, a senior analyst at CSA Research.
Key Findings and Dataset
Based on 2,200 global responses, the CSA Research report shines light on topics ranging from pay to personality to promotions. Key findings from the report, which is available for free with registration, include:
“The global language industry is frequently considered to be female-dominated. Our results confirm this perception. However, despite the fact that language professionals tend to be female, a male employee is almost twice as likely to have an upper managerial (including executive) position than a woman is. The results of the CSA Research Survey on Gender and Family in the Language Services Industry are a mixture of positive and negative. In many ways, the industry is above average with respect to gender equality, but it also points out the structural obstacles that women may face in their careers,” adds Lommel.
To ensure comprehensiveness and a representative sample in the gender survey, CSA Research partnered with GALA and Women in Localization to create and disseminate the survey. In addition, the ATA, Content Wrangler, ELIA, OTTIAQ, BIblit, IGDA, IITA, and JTF helped by distributing the survey to their constituencies.
To download the full report, visit csa-research.com/
About CSA Research
CSA Research is an independent market research company helping companies profitably grow their global businesses and gain access to new markets and new customers. Its focus is on assisting its clients to operationalize, benchmark, optimize, and innovate industry best practices in globalization, internationalization, localization, interpreting, and translation. https://csa-research.com/ | @CSA_Research
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