Chart9. PERCENT OF PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE NONBLACK MINORITIES, BY ADMINISTRATION AND GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION, MARCH 31, 1971 Chart 10. AVERAGE SALARY OF NONBLACK MINORITY PROFESSIONALS AS A PERCENT OF THAT FOR ALL PROFESSIONALS, BY ADMINISTRATION AND GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION, MARCH 31, 1971 In no administration in the National Office does the proportion that these employees comprise of the professional workforce exceed 1 percent. The representation of non black minorities in the Field for all administrations is 2.8 below the 8 percent minimum standard. Except for Manpower, the nonblack minorities are distributed inequitably in every administration, National Office and Field. (Charts 9-10, pp. 34-35). The Dallas and San Francisco regions have good use indices as both these regions employ a sizable number of nonblack minorities in their professional workforce. The use indices for the remaining regions are quite low because of the poor representation of the nonblack minorities. (Chart 8, p. 33). C. Status of women Women comprise 23 percent of the Department's professional workforce. This falls below the 31 percent goal established for their representation. In the Field, women account for only 14 percent of all professionals. On the other hand, women are equitably represented in the National Office as they make up 31 percent of all professionals. As a result, two-thirds of all female professionals work in the National Office as compared to two-fifths of all male As was the case with blacks, female professionals tend to be in lower grade positions in comparison to all professionals. The proportion which women comprise of professionals in each of the grades GS 5-11 is much greater than their 23 percent representation in the professional ranks. On the other hand, the percent of women in each of the grades above GS-11 is far below this level. For example, the proportion of women in grades GS-15, 16, and 17 amounts to 7 percent, 7 percent, and 5 percent respectively. are no female GS-18's in the Department. The under-representation of women in the higher professional grades pre vails in both the National Office and the Field. There (Chart 11, p. 38).' The extent to which female professionals are concentrated in the lower grades is reflected by the 19 percent difference between their average salary and that for all professionals. This difference is 18 percent in the National Office, and a very large 26 percent in the Field. p. 253). (Table 3, |