Data collection for 2024 EEO-1 Component 1 filing opened on May 20, 2025. Employers have until Tuesday, June 24, 2025 to submit their data to the agency.
Each year, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) collects workforce data from private employers with 100 or more employees and federal contractors with 50 or more employees that are covered by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 through mandatory Form EEO-1 filings. This form reports what is referred to as “Component 1” data, consisting of information about the sex and race or ethnicity of the employer’s workforce by job category.
What is different this year?
This year, the EEOC implemented several changes to the reporting process, namely:
- Shortening the collection period during which filers may submit their 2024 reports in an effort to cut costs to the American public, meaning eligible filers should begin the filing process immediately. While the data collection period has been extended in prior years, the EEOC’s recent announcement emphasizes that the 2024 collection period “will not extend beyond the Tuesday June 24, 2025” deadline.
- Unlike prior years, employers will not receive any notifications concerning EEO-1 reporting via postal mail, and, beginning this data collection period, all communications will be electronic.
- The 2024 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection only provides binary options (i.e., male or female) for reporting employee counts by sex.
How can employers comply?
Employers must file their EEO-1 reports through the web-based filing system, referred to as the EEO-1 Component 1 website, which is accessible at www.eeocdata.org/eeo1. Resource materials are also available on the EEO-1 Component 1 website, including the 2024 EEO-1 Component 1 Instruction Booklet and 2024 EEO-1 Component 1 Data File Upload Specifications.
Filing must be completed by 11:00 pm Eastern Time on Tuesday, June 24, 2025, and eligible filers who fail to do so by that deadline will be out of compliance with their mandatory 2024 EEO-1 Component 1 filing obligations. Filers who have questions about or require assistance complying with their 2024 EEO-1 Component 1 filing obligations should contact their SPB attorney as soon as possible.