PayPal, Inc. - Diversity, Inclusion, Equity & Belonging

Deepening our commitment to diversity, inclusion, equity, and belonging is essential to our mission of building an economy that works for everyone. We are working to create a culture that inspires people to do the best work of their careers. Embracing the diverse backgrounds, abilities, and perspectives that make up PayPal makes us better. When we live our values of inclusion, innovation, collaboration, and wellness, we all belong — and anything is possible.

Diversity The value we each bring based on our individual characteristics and traits. It’s who we are.

BelongingThe feeling of security and support when there is a sense of acceptance, inclusion, and identity.

InclusionOur commitment to respect, appreciate, and value the diversity amongst us. Inclusion requires action.

EquityOur established strategies, policies, and practices that minimize barriers in the workplace.

How We're Getting There

Inclusion is a core value of our business and helps drive our mission to democratize financial services. We are committed to cultivating an environment where employees and customers feel valued and supported.

We strive to attract, develop, retain, and invest in a diverse global workforce.

We Champion Inclusion

Across PayPal’s global workforce, we focus on reinforcing our values to help every one of our employees feel a sense of pride and belonging. From engaging diverse talent through implementing development and retention initiatives, we’re committed to nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, encourages personal growth, treats everyone fairly, and promotes workforce wellness.

We support initiatives such as the Veteran Jobs Mission, AfroTech, Lesbians Who Tech Summit, and Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement, which serve as invaluable channels to meet and attract today’s top global talent. Once we’ve welcomed an employee to PayPal, we work hard to provide our global community with opportunities for lifelong learning. Employees are encouraged to access thousands of learning courses, career development workshops focused on internal mobility and women in leadership, and PayPal’s Technology Leadership and Emerging Leader programs. To ensure our teams have all the tools they need to grow, we’ve invested in resources for managers to lead productive and inclusive teams, including the new Equitable Leadership learning experiences.

We achieved 100% pay equity in the U.S. for Black, Latin American, and Asian women, as compared to white male peers, and 100% global gender and overall U.S. ethnic pay equity.

Partnership Spotlight

Women In Product (WIP)

Founded by Manie Schweigert, a Senior Product Manager at PayPal, WIP is a nonprofit dedicated to empowering women in and across the product management sector and advocating for equal participation. Since 2016, WIP has launched 11 chapters across the U.S. and around the world.

Learn about Women in Product

Partnership Spotlight

Howard University

Beginning in 2020, PayPal partnered with Howard University graduate students working on Internet of Things security research projects. Centered around infrastructure security, the program provides students an opportunity to experience and learn from real-life cybersecurity issues.

Learn about the graduate program

Partnership Spotlight

CodeHouse

In February 2021, as part of PayPal’s $535 million commitment to racial equity, we announced a multi-year partnership with CodeHouse to uplift Black, Latin American, and Native American students and help create a strong pipeline between students of color and industry-leading companies.

Learn about CodeHouse

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We encourage and develop strong communities that bring people together in fulfilling ways.

Our Employee Resources Groups

Through our Employee Resource Groups, we share experiences, create connections, and make an impact—both at PayPal and around the world.

Enhancing visibility, recruitment, and advancement of Latin American employees across global PayPal sites through outreach, digital inclusivity, and education.

Offering professional development, networking, and mentorship opportunities for the advancement of Black employees.

A forum to celebrate all faiths and worldviews, fostering awareness, and creating a welcoming and safe environment for employees to bring their whole selves to work.

Supporting and celebrating the vibrant community of LGBTQ+ employees, and raising awareness of the unique needs of LGBTQ+ customers.

Empowering our Pan-Asian employees to rise and realize their full potential, uniting our community, and impacting other communities worldwide.

Illuminating how former military experience serves to enrich us all by attracting and mentoring top veteran talent and inspiring a spirit of service in us all.

Fostering a culture of belonging for employees with visible or invisible disabilities, employees who support loved ones with disabilities, and equity for disability communities as a whole.

Our community of women and allies drives positive culture change to achieve gender equity through education, communication, community-building, active allyship, internal collaboration, and product development.

Our Values in Action.

PayPal employees around the world are volunteering with our community partners — whether through providing pro bono services or mentoring and coaching underrepresented entrepreneurs and young people. In June 2020, PayPal committed $535 million to advance racial equity.

Over the next five years, PayPal is committing more than $100 million toward financial inclusion and economic empowerment for women and girls globally — including 10,000 hours of skills-based volunteering.

"We believe that to achieve our commitment to make a positive difference in the world, it ultimately depends on our ability to build an inclusive workforce, one that reflects the full diversity of the customers we serve and the communities in which we live and work."

- Dan Schulman, President & CEO, PayPal

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We drive innovation by infusing Diversity, Inclusion, Equity, and Belonging principles throughout our business strategy.

Promoting Community Impact

We help mobilize employees’ time, skills, and resources to support organizations that help further our mission towards an inclusive and sustainable global economy. PayPal’s Community Impact program provides opportunities for employees to support the causes, organizations, and initiatives that advance our collective social impact — whether through volunteering or charitable giving.

Hacking for Good

Empowered by some of the best minds in technology, we use PayPal talent to build technical solutions to support nonprofits. Founded by PayPal employees, Opportunity Hack brings PayPal expertise to help nonprofits across North America, Asia, South America, and Europe solve business challenges and build capacity to help meet our communities’ needs.

Supporting Underrepresented Entrepreneurs

By establishing strong and strategic partnerships, PayPal is able to amplify its impact and support hundreds of entrepreneurs globally — providing hands-on support and resources to drive innovation and growth. By working with organizations including Black Girl Ventures, Cherie Blair, Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, and Start Small Think Big, PayPal leverages our unique capabilities, resources, and deep expertise to strengthen underrepresented communities and fight global economic inequity. For example, PayPal has partnered with nonprofit microlending platform Kiva for more than 15 years to support global entrepreneurs. Kiva has enabled nearly $1.5 billion in loans to more than 3 million entrepreneurs in 85 countries.

Advancing Gender Equality

In 2021, PayPal made a five-year, $108 million commitment to advance financial inclusion and economic empowerment of women and girls. In addition to funding, PayPal has pledged 10,000 hours of capacity building and pro bono services to this mission.

"At PayPal, we believe a diverse workforce—one that encourages a creative collision of voices, thoughts, and ideas—is vital to fostering a thriving environment for innovation."

- Sri Shivananda, Chief Technology Officer

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Transparent Reporting

Our diversity data is a critical measure for how we assess our performance in building a truly inclusive workforce throughout all parts of the company. We report on comprehensive diversity metrics in our annual Global Impact Report and regularly review best practices to ensure we provide transparent reporting and disclosures on our workforce demographics, including publicly releasing our U.S. EEO-1 reports.

30,900

2021 total workforce ¹ representing 150+ nationalities across 30+ countries

7,500+

Employees engaged in our 8
Employee Resource Groups across 135 chapters spanning 25+ countries

+3

Launched expanded self-ID options in 2021 (veteran, non-binary gender, LGBTQ+)

52%

2021 U.S. ethnic workforce representation²

100%

Global gender and U.S. ethnic pay equity

56%

2021 diverse workforce representation ³

As of December 31, 2021
Ethnically diverse includes Asian, Black, LatinX, and Other.
Total diverse workforce representation is currently defined as Global women and U.S. ethnically diverse men.

Awards and Recognition

Supplier Diversity

PayPal’s Supplier Diversity program provides resources to enable existing and prospective diverse suppliers to make the most of their engagement with PayPal. This includes everything from assisting in diversity certification, accelerating the onboarding process, and providing ongoing education and support for excelling as a diverse PayPal vendor.

Learn about our commitment to supplier diversity

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Diversity, Inclusion, Equity & Belonging

How We're Getting There

We strive to attract, develop, retain, and invest in a diverse global workforce.

We Champion Inclusion

Women In Product (WIP)

Howard University

CodeHouse

We encourage and develop strong communities that bring people together in fulfilling ways.

Our Employee Resources Groups

Our Values in Action.

"We believe that to achieve our commitment to make a positive difference in the world, it ultimately depends on our ability to build an inclusive workforce, one that reflects the full diversity of the customers we serve and the communities in which we live and work."

We drive innovation by infusing Diversity, Inclusion, Equity, and Belonging principles throughout our business strategy.

Promoting Community Impact

Hacking for Good

Supporting Underrepresented Entrepreneurs

Advancing Gender Equality

"At PayPal, we believe a diverse workforce—one that encourages a creative collision of voices, thoughts, and ideas—is vital to fostering a thriving environment for innovation."

Transparent Reporting

30,900

7,500+

+3

52%

100%

56%

Awards and Recognition

Supplier Diversity

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