Learn about the types of people who become recipe developers. This page goes into detail about the employment, gender, and ethnic ratios of the workplace.
Gender Mix By Career Interest, 2024
This graph shows the distribution of females and males that are interested in becoming a recipe developer. Four or five star ratings on CareerExplorer indicate interest.
More women than men are interested in becoming recipe developers at a ratio of 1.13 to 1.
Actual Gender Mix, 2024
83% of recipe developers are female and 17% are male.
Gender Bias, 2024
This is one of the most compelling statistics we collect. Gender bias shows the difference between gender interest in being a recipe developer and the actual gender mix of people in the career.
If there is a significant difference, then it means there is a gender imbalance between those interested in becoming a recipe developer and those who end up becoming one.
In this case there are significantly more men interested in becoming a recipe developer than those actually working as one. It is hard to pinpoint the exact reasons why, but there are likely various forces at play, from changing interests over time to societal norms and biases.
Ethnic Mix, 2019
The largest ethnic group of recipe developers are White, making up 64% of the population. The next highest segments are South Asian and Black or African American, making up 18% and 9% respectively.