In contrast to blacks, nonblack minority professionals are distributed nearly equitably in the Department.

The

average salary of nonblack minority males and females in the National Office and of females in the Field is as large as that for all professionals. Nonblack minority male

professionals in the Field are in slightly lower positions than all male professionals there as indicated by the 4 percent salary difference between these groups of employees. It should be noted that nonblack minority professionals in the Field comprise three-quarters of all nonblack minority professionals in the Department. (Tables 2, 11, and 20, pp. 252, 258, and 261).

Underutilization in administrations and regions

The use indices for each administration show that only LMSA is even half-way toward achieving parity for nonblack The overall use index for the Department is

minorities.

a very low .36. (Chart 8, p. 33).

12/These low use indices result, in part, from measuring the representation of the nonblack minorities in each region against the National minimum standard of 8 percent. It might be unrealistic to require regions in which nonblack minorities constitute much less than 8 percent of the local population to achieve this standard. See the "Goals and Timetables" section for a more complete discussion.

Chart 8. RANKING OF ADMINISTRATIONS AND REGIONS BY USE INDEX FOR NONBLACK MINORITY PROFESSIONALS, NATIONWIDE,

use index.

Charts. 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 nonblack 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

On the

account for only 14 percent of all professionals.

other hand, women are equitably represented in the National Office as they make up 31 percent of all professionals.

As