At just about every HVACR conference, meeting, or event, the one comment made by most women is, “This is the one place where we don’t have to stand in line for the bathroom.” That’s because at virtually every one of these gatherings, male attendees vastly outnumber females —something that gets noted smugly while walking past the long line for the men’s restroom.
This is more than just anecdotal. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, only 2 percent of HVAC employees are women. That is certainly a tiny part of the industry, but that number has the potential to start to grow as more women begin to see the benefits of pursuing a career in HVACR.