Employment in domestic worker occupations is growing faster than the rest of the workforce: Projected employment change, domestic workers versus other workers, 2018–2028
Projected employment change | |
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Domestic workers | 22.9% |
All other workers | 6.9% |
House cleaners | -10.9% |
Nannies | -10.6% |
Child care (in own home) | 2.7% |
Home care (non-agency) | 1.8% |
Home care (agency-based) | 45.4% |
Notes: All but one of the domestic worker occupations are defined in exactly the same way here as they are defined elsewhere in the chartbook. The only difference is that here, due to data limitations, workers who provide child care in their own homes are defined as any child care workers who are self-employed (either incorporated or unincorporated). In the rest of our analysis, the definition of workers who provide child care in their own homes is somewhat more restrictive: child care workers who work in the child day care services industry who are self-employed but not incorporated.
Source: Economic Policy Institute (EPI) analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections program public data series