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Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers

Government and Public AdministrationO*NET 13-1041.03United States

Monitor and evaluate compliance with equal opportunity laws, guidelines, and policies to ensure that employment practices and contracting arrangements give equal opportunity without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability.

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Median annual earnings
$80,590

50th percentile, United States

Projected change
+6.7%

2025 to 2035

Typical education
Bachelor's degree

70.2% of the workforce

Employment
435.38K jobs

Growing to 464.67K by 2035

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The work

What equal opportunity representatives and officers do

Tasks reported for this occupation, ordered by how often they come up in the role.

  • Investigate employment practices or alleged violations of laws to document and correct discriminatory factors.
  • Prepare reports related to investigations of equal opportunity complaints.
  • Interview persons involved in equal opportunity complaints to verify case information.
  • Study equal opportunity complaints to clarify issues.
  • Interpret civil rights laws and equal opportunity regulations for individuals or employers.
  • Meet with persons involved in equal opportunity complaints to arbitrate and settle disputes.
  • Develop guidelines for nondiscriminatory employment practices.
  • Monitor the implementation and impact of guidelines for nondiscriminatory employment practices.
  • Coordinate, monitor, or revise complaint procedures to ensure timely processing and review of complaints.
  • Conduct surveys and evaluate findings to determine if systematic discrimination exists.
  • Provide information, technical assistance, or training to supervisors, managers, or employees on topics such as employee supervision, hiring, grievance procedures, or staff development.

Pay and outlook

What the job pays and where it is heading

Annual earnings range

Reported earnings by percentile, United States

10th percentile
$48,005
25th percentile
$61,129
50th percentile
$80,590
75th percentile
$109,168
90th percentile
$134,126

The gold marker shows the median. Half earn more than $80,590 and half earn less.

Employment outlook

2025 to 2035 projection

+6.7%faster than average
2025435,376 jobs
2035 projected464,669 jobs

29,293 more positions over the decade, before replacement hiring.

Preparation

Education levels

What people currently working in the career hold. These are not entry requirements.

Bachelor's degree
70.2%
Master's or Professional degree
15.7%
Some college
14.1%

Skills

Skills employers ask for

Technical skills appearing most often in job postings for this occupation.

  • Zoom (Video Conferencing Tool)
  • Workflow Management
  • Special Education
  • Social Work
  • Marketing
  • Project Management
  • Customer Relationship Management
  • Case Management
  • Collections
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Public Administration
  • Psychology
  • Student Services
  • Data Analysis
  • Mediation
  • Individualized Education Programs (IEP)
  • Lifting Ability
  • Legal Hearings
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Artificial Intelligence

How the work gets done

Core competencies

Broad capabilities associated with strong performance in this occupation.

Active Listening
Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Reading Comprehension
Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
Critical Thinking
Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Speaking
Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Social Perceptiveness
Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Writing
Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Active Learning
Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Complex Problem Solving
Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Judgment and Decision Making
Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Monitoring
Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Persuasion
Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
Systems Evaluation
Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
Systems Analysis
Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
Service Orientation
Actively looking for ways to help people.
Coordination
Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Negotiation
Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
Learning Strategies
Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
Time Management
Managing one's own time and the time of others.
Instructing
Teaching others how to do something.
Mathematics
Using mathematics to solve problems.

In the market

Job titles and employers

Recent job postings in United States

Common job titles

  1. 01Inclusion Specialists342 postings
  2. 02Technical Stream Opportunity Managers286 postings
  3. 03Youth Ministers138 postings
  4. 04Civil Rights Investigators124 postings
  5. 05Psychiatry Physicians/Psychiatrists110 postings
  6. 06Title IX Investigators92 postings
  7. 07Equal Employment Specialists68 postings
  8. 08Community Inclusion Specialists64 postings
  9. 09Enrollment Representatives58 postings
  10. 10EEO Investigators57 postings
  11. 11Locum Tenens Radiologists55 postings
  12. 12Civil Rights Specialists52 postings
  13. 13Executive Administrative Professionals49 postings
  14. 14Legal Compliance Specialists49 postings
  15. 15Intervention Specialists41 postings
  16. 16Locum Tenens Cardiology Physicians/Cardiologists35 postings
  17. 17Financial Representatives34 postings
  18. 18Hematologists/Oncologists34 postings
  19. 19Title IX Coordinators34 postings
  20. 20Deputy Title IX Coordinators30 postings

Top employers

  1. 01Caliber Healthcare Solutions108 postings
  2. 02PMA USA82 postings
  3. 03PayPal69 postings
  4. 04Medicus Healthcare Solutions65 postings
  5. 05Acosta Group59 postings
  6. 06Pearson Education57 postings
  7. 07Cengage Learning56 postings
  8. 08Griffin44 postings
  9. 09Blossman Gas40 postings
  10. 10Jackson Physician Search38 postings
  11. 11YMCA38 postings
  12. 12Advanced Window Products35 postings
  13. 13Kaiser Permanente31 postings
  14. 14Bundoran Group30 postings
  15. 15Faces Sf30 postings
  16. 16Edjoin.Org28 postings
  17. 17Icon23 postings
  18. 18Trinity Health21 postings
  19. 19Clark County School District20 postings
  20. 20Fundraising University20 postings

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