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. 2024 Mar 20;19(3):e0298736. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0298736

Table 1. Average proportion and the associated 95% credible interval of women employed in tenure track and instructor positions across all STEM disciplines by region.

Region States Tenure Track Instructor
East North Central Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin 0.25 (0.15–0.38) 0.40 (0.21–0.59)
East South Central Alaska, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee 0.22 (0.11–0.33) 0.52 (0.29–0.73)
Middle Atlantic New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania 0.20 (0.12–0.33) 0.38 (0.21–0.61)
Mountain Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming 0.19 (0.10–0.29) 0.42 (0.15–0.66)
New England Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont 0.20 (0.13–0.31) 0.38 (0.21–0.54)
Pacific Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington 0.25 (0.14–0.44) 0.41 (0.18–0.68)
South Atlantic Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Washington D.C., and West Virginia 0.22 (0.05–0.35) 0.37 (0.07–0.61)
West North Central Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, and South Dakota 0.23 (0.12–0.39) 0.42 (0.19–0.72)
West South Central Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas 0.20 (0.13–0.33) 0.40 (0.17–0.65)