Table 6

Median real weekly wages, in-home workers versus other workers, 2018

 

In-home
Direct-care aides
Not in-home In-home Percent difference Maids and housekeeping cleaners Nannies Not agency-based Agency-based
Median weekly wage $769 $369 -52.1% $300 $369 $360 $384
Gender
Female $670 $366 -45.3% $300 $371 $354 $377
Male $876 $418 -52.3% $308 * $409 $441
Nativity
U.S. born $788 $358 -54.6% $251 $334 $336 $366
Naturalized U.S. citizen $820 $410 -50.0% $336 $491 $397 $418
Non-naturalized immigrant $600 $369 -38.5% $303 $411 $417 $394
Race/ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic $850 $360 -57.7% $260 $330 $352 $377
Black, non-Hispanic $622 $394 -36.7% $331 $405 $328 $397
Hispanic, any race $600 $353 -41.3% $307 $452 $338 $360
Asian $923 $422 -54.3% $406 $343 $441 $425
Other $659 $358 -45.7% * * * $345
Education
Not high school graduate $426 $315 -26.1% $292 $156 $400 $339
High school graduate $615 $376 -38.8% $302 $435 $361 $378
Some college $666 $384 -42.3% $298 $322 $334 $400
Bachelor’s degree or more $1,188 $418 -64.8% $401 $451 $375 $418
Age
Under 23 $301 $277 -8.0% $186 $211 $205 $310
23–49 $800 $397 -50.4% $328 $417 $400 $400
50+ $881 $358 -59.4% $276 $487 $352 $368
Economic Policy Institute

* Indicates limited sample size

Note: To ensure sufficient sample sizes, this table draws from pooled 2016–2018 microdata. Data are in 2018 dollars.

Source: EPI analysis of Current Population Survey outgoing rotation group monthly microdata from the U.S. Census Bureau

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