Chart: Even when controlling for demographics and education, domestic workers are paid less in a year than similar workers: Average domestic worker annual earnings as a share of earnings paid to demographically similar workers in other professions, 2018

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Even when controlling for demographics and education, domestic workers are paid less in a year than similar workers: Average domestic worker annual earnings as a share of earnings paid to demographically similar workers in other professions, 2018

	Earnings share	Earnings gap
Domestic workers	46.2%	53.8%
Other workers	100%

House cleaners	33.2%	66.8%
Nannies	28.7%	71.3%
Home care (non-agency)	41.7%	58.3%
Home care (agency-based)	57.2%	42.8%

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Notes: All earnings gaps are significantly different from zero at the 0.01 level. The regressions control for gender, nativity, race/ethnicity, educational attainment, age, marital status, and census geographical division. To ensure sufficient sample sizes, this figure draws from pooled 2016–2018 microdata. Since the earnings measure we use here does not include earnings from self-employment, earnings of workers who provide child care in their own homes are not included.

Source: Economic Policy Institute (EPI) analysis of Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement microdata

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Domestic Workers Chartbook: A comprehensive look at the demographics, wages, benefits, and poverty rates of the professionals who care for our family members and clean our homes

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