Table 1
Employment in domestic worker occupations, 2019
| Child care workers | Direct-care aides | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic workers total | Housecleaners | Nannies | Provide care in own home | Not agency-based | Agency-based | |
| Number of workers | 2,245,047 | 343,527 | 225,933 | 276,311 | 141,400 | 1,257,878 |
Note: To ensure sufficient sample sizes, this table draws from pooled 2017–2019 microdata.
Source: EPI analysis of Current Population Survey basic monthly microdata from the U.S. Census Bureau
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