45.9% of employees in the banking sector are women and most are university degree holders

As Safir newspaper published a report about the banking sector in Lebanon and highlighted the situation of its employees in 2013 whilst looking at some of the criteria of this sector.  According to the report, this sector employed 23136 persons in 2013 with an increase of 499 employees over the previous year.  The report notes that the employees of the banking sector are usually young people holders of university degrees and of high qualifications and with women representing 45.9% of the total labor force in 2013.  This percentage of women in banking is increasing and is higher than the average of women participation in all economic sectors in Lebanon which does not exceed 25%.
With regards to other demographics, the % of single people continues to diminish as it has decreased from 39.5% in 2012 to 39.2% in 2013 (which can be broken down to 49.9% of single women and 50.1 % of single men).  The percentage of married women is 43.4% of the total married pool which equals 60.8%.
With regards to the age pyramid, there are more young men than young women except in the less than 25 age category where women represent 57.7% of total work force which means that women constitute the majority of newcomers into the banking sector.  The gender gap increases with age in favor of men, since the distribution of gender according to age shows that around 64% of women are below 40 years old, exceeding the percentage of men in that age category (53%).
When the variables of gender, age and educational level are compared, then, the number of women with university degrees is slightly more than men as 81% of women working in banks are university degree holders whilst those who have reached baccalaureate level form less than 5% of total which is the similar figure for men in “laborers” positions.
Source: Al-Safir 28 May 2014