Table

Industry concentration as a share of working population by race and ethnicity, 2021–2022 pooled

Major industries White men White women Hispanic men Hispanic women
Construction 9.8% 1.7% 20.4% 2.1%
Educational and health services 12.3% 39.1% 7.8% 31.0%
Financial activities 6.9% 8.0% 4.1% 5.9%
Information 2.3% 1.6% 1.5% 1.0%
Leisure and hospitality 6.9% 8.5% 11.3% 13.4%
Manufacturing 15.3% 6.1% 12.2% 7.4%
Mining 0.8% 0.2% 0.7% 0.1%
Other services 4.0% 4.5% 4.6% 5.5%
Professional and business services 13.3% 10.6% 11.0% 11.0%
Public administration 6.3% 4.9% 3.7% 4.2%
Retail trade 10.8% 10.8% 10.4% 12.8%
Transportation and utilities 8.1% 2.8% 9.2% 4.0%
Wholesale trade 3.2% 1.4% 2.9% 1.7%
Economic Policy Institute

Notes: Race and ethnicity measures are mutually exclusive; white refers to non-Latinx whites and persons whose ethnicity is identified as Latinx may be of any race. Agriculture is omitted because data for this sector are not available in the payroll employment data.

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