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2022 diversity Report The games industry sits at the intersection of a variety of talents and skill sets – from artists and designers to engineers and producers, yet it has historically lacked diversity. Pipeworks realizes that as a game development studio, we should strive for our workforce to represent the diverse player community we serve.

As one of our initiatives towards improving diversity, equity, and inclusion, Pipeworks Studios will share its company demographic statistics annually in hopes of raising awareness about the limited diversity within the tech and gaming industries. With time, we hope this will also show our year over year successes toward becoming a more diverse and inclusive company. We are not the first to take this step and hope this will encourage other gaming companies to examine their position in an industry in which women, people of color, and other identities historically have been underrepresented. Read More 01 09 02 09 back next GENDER DIVERSITY Men outnumber women at Pipeworks, while non-binary employees make up a small percentage of our team. In 2020, our studio ended with less than 10% of the employee population identifying as female. This year, we saw women representation studio-wide increase to 16%, which is an approximate 55% increase. Recruitment in 2021 was also more gender-diverse, with 26% of hires identifying as women, compared to 17% in both 2019 and 2020.

Globally, the gaming industry continues to be male led, with 61% of game developers identifying as male according to data from the International Game Developers Association. National demographics of game developers is more difficult to locate, but data collected by Zippia reports U.S. game developers identifying as 78% male and 14% female. STATISTICS statistics Race & Ethnicity The majority of our team identifies as White, with Asian and SE Asian employees as the next largest group. Pipeworks in headquartered in Eugene, OR, where 83% of the population is white. Recently expanding our recruitment to areas further outside of Oregon and offering more remote opportunities has helped to increase our representation of minority ethnicities in the industry. In 2020, respondents who chose the categories American Indian or Alaska Native, Black or African American, and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander were less than 2% combined. This year, we have seen enough increase in those categories to represent them as their own. 03 09 back next statistics Age 2021 was our first year asking about the age of our employees. We found that our studio skews younger than most other industries, with 34% of employees falling between 25 and 34 years old. This data has led us to implement policy changes, including increasing our Paid Parental Leave from 2 weeks to a full month, as the average age for first time mothers and fathers falls within this category. 04 05 back next statistics Sexual Orientation Those who answered largely identify as heterosexual. Last year, non-heterosexual sexualities represented such a low percent of the population that we combined them to protect anonymity. This year, we were able to separate out categories for Asexual, Bisexual, Queer, and Questioning. We have combined responses for Gay and Pansexual, as they each received less than 1.7% of responses. 05 09 back next statistics religion 2021 was our first year asking about the age of our employees. We found that our studio skews younger than most other industries, with 34% of employees falling between 25 and 34 years old. This data has led us to implement policy changes, including increasing our Paid Parental Leave from 2 weeks to a full month, as the average age for first time mothers and fathers falls within this category. 06 09 back next STATISTICS DISABILITY STATUS A majority of respondents indicated they have no disability or difficulty. Due to increased participation, we were able to separate out more categories this year than in 2020. 07 09 back next statistics Caretaker Primary A little over a quarter of Pipeworks employees are primary caretakers of children, family, or partners. 08 09 back next statistics Veteran Status Lastly, we have a small veteran population on our team. 09 09 back next Gender Race & Ethnicity Religion Age Intro Disability Status Primary Caretaker Veteran Status Sexual Orientation scroll