It’s that time of year again. The 2024 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection opened on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. The deadline to file the 2024 EEO-1 Component 1 report is Tuesday, June 24, 2025.
Under current federal regulations, private employers with 100 or more employees (and federal contractors with 50 or more employees) meeting certain criteria are required to report annually the number of individuals they employ by job category and by sex, and race, or ethnicity. This data is collected electronically by the EEOC through its EEO-1 Component 1 Online Filing System (OFS).
Important changes taking place this year include:
- A shorter collection period during which filers may submit their 2024 reports:
- As part of the EEOC’s ongoing cost saving measures, this year’s collection period will not extend beyond the Tuesday, June 24, 2025, “Published Due Date” deadline.
- Beginning with the 2024 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection, all communications sent to filers will be electronic.
- According to the EEOC, no notifications about the 2024 collection will be sent to filers via postal mail.
- The EEOC’s 2024 EEO-1 Component 1 instructions now mandate reporting all employees as either male or female, removing the prior voluntary non-binary option, in response to Executive Order 14168.
To meet the shorter deadline, the EEOC is strongly encouraging eligible filers to begin the filing process as soon as possible.
Filers should visit the dedicated EEO-1 Component 1 website at www.eeocdata.org/eeo1 to access the EEO-1 Component 1 OFS to find supplementary resource materials such as the 2024 EEO-1 Component 1 Instruction Booklet, FAQ’s, the 2024 EEO-1 Component 1 Data File Upload Specifications and to get the latest updates.
Filers needing additional assistance can also access the Filer Support Team Message Center upon logging into the OFS.