PRH Diversity Report

Penguin Ran­dom House has released their latest report on workforce demographics, with only small changes from last year. For nonwarehouse employees, 70.05% are white, 10.5% Asian, 9.45% Hispanic, 6.04% Black, and 2.92% bi- or multi-racial.

BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and other people of color) employees account for 36.9% of entry-level employees, and 19.1% of executives. Overall, 73.75% of PRH employees are women, 24.94% men, and 1.32% nonbinary. In editorial, 36.8% of the staff are BIPOC, while BIPOC employees account for 30.3% in publicity and marketing departments.

The company has instituted new initiatives to bring in more diverse authors and illustrators, too. The report says they are “focused on reimagining every step of the publishing process to increase access, from acquisitions and editorial to market­ing, publicity, and sales.” They are “creating and expanding open submission opportunities” and “assessing our marketing spends to ensure that the allocation of marketing funds and resources is equitable.” They hope to “foster relationships” with bookstores with BIPOC owners. They have also “integrated the collection of demographic information into our daily business practices in a way that gives our authors and illustrators the ability to self-identify” so they’ll have more data going forward. To read the report.

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