On September 29, 2016, the EEOC announced approval of a revised EEO-1, starting with the 2017 report, to collect summary pay data from employers, including federal contractors and subcontractors, with 100 or more employees. Summary pay data for private employers subject to Title VII jurisdiction will go to the EEOC. Summary pay data only for federal contractors and subcontractors subject to Executive Order 11246 will go to OFCCP.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says that the new data will improve investigations of possible pay discrimination, which remains a contributing factor to persistent wage gaps, according to the EEOC announcement. For purposes of self-assessment, employers can use published aggregated data to compare or benchmark their own data with data from other employers in their industry or geographical area.