19%
54 million people or
of the civilian noninstitutionalized population have disabilities.
PERCENTAGE OF
PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES IN
THE LABOR FORCE
JULY 2011
21.3%
ON THE JOB
MEDIAN MONTHLY EARNINGS
FOR PEOPLE AGES 21 TO 64
With a non-severe disability
$2,250
INCOME
PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES BY AGE
PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES BY GENDER
65 AND OLDER
WOMEN
12.4%
EMPLOYED PEOPLE
AGES 21 TO 64
With difficulty
hearing
59%
With difficulty
seeing
41%
With a severe disability
$1,458
With no disability
$2,539
18 TO 64
5 TO 17 5%
MEN
11.7%
Sources: DiversityInc, disabilityhistoryweek.org, Temple University, whitehouse.gov, U. S. Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics
2011 DiversityInc Top 50
Companies for Diversity
The DiversityInc Top 10
Companies for People With
Disabilities
NO. 1 IBM
NO. 2 KPMG
NO. 3 Kaiser Permanente
NO. 4 Aetna
NO. 5 Ernst & Young
NO. 6 Procter & Gamble
NO. 7 Merck & Co.
NO. 8 Deloitte
NO. 9 Sodexo
NO. 10 Starwood Hotels &
Resorts Worldwide
All of these companies have
employee-resource groups for
people with disabilities
People with less
than a high-school degree
AGES 25 AND OLDER
With a disability
28%
With no
disability
12%
People with a
bachelor’s degree
or higher
AGES 25 AND OLDER
With a disability
13%
With no
disability
31%
EDUCATION
FULL-TIME
WORKERS
AGES 21 TO 64
With a non-severe disability
48%
With a severe
disability
16%
Without a
disability
63%
President Barack Obama signed Executive
Order 13548 in July 2010 calling for an
additional 100,000 individuals with
disabilities to be employed by the federal
government over five years, and to increase
retention of employees with disabilities.
