Demographic characteristics of domestic workers: Shares of domestic workers in different occupations with given characteristic, 2019
Domestic worker occupations | ||||||||
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Child care workers | Home care aides | |||||||
All other 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% | |
Gender | ||||||||
Female | 46.3% | 91.5% | 45.2 | 95.5% | 96.8% | 97.2% | 86.1% | 88.8% |
Male | 53.7% | 8.5% | -45.2 | 4.5% | 3.2% | 2.8% | 13.9% | 11.2% |
Nativity | ||||||||
U.S.-born | 82.9% | 64.9% | -18.0 | 30.7% | 71.6% | 70.9% | 76.7% | 70.4% |
Foreign-born U.S. citizen | 8.4% | 14.8% | 6.4 | 18.5% | 11.4% | 12.3% | 10.6% | 15.4% |
Foreign-born noncitizen | 8.7% | 20.3% | 11.6 | 50.8% | 16.9% | 16.8% | 12.6% | 14.2% |
Race/ethnicity | ||||||||
White, non-Hispanic | 62.9% | 41.7% | -21.3 | 29.0% | 64.6% | 54.8% | 51.3% | 37.0% |
Black, non-Hispanic | 11.9% | 21.7% | 9.7 | 6.5% | 7.9% | 13.3% | 20.1% | 30.3% |
Hispanic, any race | 17.1% | 29.1% | 12.0 | 61.5% | 23.8% | 28.4% | 19.5% | 22.4% |
Asian | 6.9% | 6.3% | -0.6 | 2.2% | 3.3% | 2.7% | 7.2% | 8.6% |
Other | 1.1% | 1.3% | 0.2 | 0.8% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 2.0% | 1.6% |
Education | ||||||||
Not high school graduate | 8.0% | 19.1% | 11.1 | 38.9% | 14.6% | 17.0% | 11.0% | 15.9% |
High school graduate | 25.8% | 37.6% | 11.8 | 36.9% | 30.8% | 34.1% | 36.2% | 40.0% |
Some college | 28.0% | 30.1% | 2.1 | 15.4% | 32.9% | 34.5% | 35.4% | 32.1% |
Bachelor’s degree | 24.3% | 10.7% | -13.6 | 7.7% | 17.9% | 12.1% | 14.2% | 9.6% |
Advanced degree | 13.8% | 2.4% | -11.4 | 1.2% | 3.8% | 2.2% | 3.2% | 2.4% |
Age | ||||||||
Under 23 | 8.3% | 9.0% | 0.7 | 2.8% | 35.7% | 5.9% | 6.1% | 6.8% |
23–29 | 15.7% | 12.9% | -2.8 | 5.9% | 25.4% | 10.4% | 9.7% | 13.5% |
30–39 | 22.0% | 18.6% | -3.4 | 20.1% | 11.8% | 17.8% | 14.2% | 20.0% |
40–49 | 20.6% | 19.5% | -1.1 | 28.3% | 9.0% | 22.6% | 16.9% | 18.6% |
50–54 | 10.2% | 11.7% | 1.4 | 13.9% | 4.8% | 12.7% | 12.4% | 12.0% |
55–59 | 9.8% | 11.5% | 1.7 | 12.4% | 6.1% | 15.2% | 14.0% | 11.2% |
60–64 | 7.2% | 8.3% | 1.1 | 8.6% | 4.6% | 7.7% | 11.4% | 8.7% |
65+ | 6.2% | 8.5% | 2.3 | 7.9% | 2.7% | 7.7% | 15.2% | 9.2% |
Median age | 41 | 45 | 47 | 26 | 47 | 51 | 45 |
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 who lack 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