PwC Adds More Minorities to Ranks While Partner Promotions Lag

The ranks of Black and Latino staff at PwC LLP have steadily increased amid efforts to better recruit and retain a more diverse US workforce, the firm said in an annual sustainability report.

The total number of Black PwC professionals rose slightly to 7% of the firm’s US workforce in its most recent fiscal year while White employees declined to 57%. The number of Hispanic or Latino professionals held steady while the firm’s Asian staff grew slightly to 21% compared to a year earlier, according to the latest diversity data PwC published Monday.

• PwC hired 4,900 racially or ethnically ...