Race/ethnicity and nativity of domestic workers, by gender: Shares of domestic workers in different occupations with given characteristic, 2019
| Domestic worker occupations | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child care workers | Home care aides | |||||||
| All other (nondomestic) workers | Domestic workers | Percentage-point difference | House cleaners | Nannies | Provide care in own home | Not agency-based | Agency-based | |
| All | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Race/ethnicity and gender | ||||||||
| White, non-Hispanic female | 29.2% | 37.9% | 8.8 | 27.7% | 63.1% | 53.1% | 42.1% | 32.4% |
| Black, non-Hispanic female | 6.2% | 19.7% | 13.5 | 6.1% | 7.4% | 13.1% | 18.5% | 27.2% |
| Hispanic, any race female | 7.1% | 27.2% | 20.1 | 58.9% | 22.6% | 27.8% | 17.7% | 20.3% |
| Asian female | 3.2% | 5.5% | 2.3 | 2.0% | 3.1% | 2.6% | 6.3% | 7.4% |
| Other female | 0.5% | 1.2% | 0.6 | 0.8% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 1.6% | 1.4% |
| White, non-Hispanic male | 33.8% | 3.7% | -30.0 | 1.3% | 1.5% | 1.8% | 9.2% | 4.6% |
| Black, non-Hispanic male | 5.7% | 2.0% | -3.8 | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.2% | 1.6% | 3.1% |
| Hispanic, any race male | 10.0% | 1.9% | -8.1 | 2.7% | 1.2% | 0.6% | 1.8% | 2.1% |
| Asian male | 3.7% | 0.8% | -2.9 | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Other male | 0.6% | 0.1% | -0.4 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.2% |
| Nativity and gender | ||||||||
| U.S.-born, female | 39.3% | 58.7% | 19.3 | 28.7% | 69.5% | 68.6% | 64.2% | 62.1% |
| Foreign-born U.S. citizen, female | 3.8% | 13.6% | 9.8 | 17.5% | 11.1% | 12.2% | 10.2% | 13.7% |
| Foreign-born noncitizen, female | 3.1% | 19.2% | 16.1 | 49.3% | 16.2% | 16.4% | 11.7% | 13.0% |
| U.S.-born, male | 43.6% | 6.2% | -37.4 | 2.1% | 2.1% | 2.3% | 12.6% | 8.3% |
| Foreign-born U.S. citizen, male | 4.6% | 1.2% | -3.4 | 1.0% | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 1.7% |
| Foreign-born noncitizen, male | 5.5% | 1.1% | -4.4 | 1.5% | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
Notes: To ensure sufficient sample sizes, this table draws from pooled 2017–2019 microdata. “Foreign-born” refers to anyone who is not a U.S. citizen at birth.
To ensure sufficient sample sizes, this table draws from pooled 2017–2019 microdata. “Foreign-born” refers to anyone who is not a U.S. citizen at birth. “Foreign-born noncitizen” includes foreign-born persons who are either lawful permanent residents, in a nonimmigrant status (migrants with temporary visas), or lacking an immigration status, including both unauthorized immigrants and those with lawful presence (such as DACA recipients and asylum applicants whose cases are in process).
Source: EPI analysis of Current Population Survey basic monthly microdata from the U.S. Census Bureau