Research
A Legacy of Research
In keeping with one of its founding objectives to “serve as a center of information on women in engineering,” SWE has worked for decades to gather data on women’s experiences, barriers, and opportunities in engineering.
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In 1963, the Society published Profile of a Woman Engineer, reporting that the average female engineer was 36-37 years old; if married, had three children; and earned a median annual salary of $9,000 to $10,000.
SWE and the American Association of Engineering Societies published the groundbreaking National Survey on Women and Men Engineers in 1993, a comparative study of the members of 22 engineering societies.
SWE’s research focus in the 2000s was to better understand the barriers keeping women out of engineering and the interventions helping to retain them in the profession.
