Domestic workers are less likely to have health or retirement benefits: Employer-provided health insurance and retirement coverage rates, domestic workers versus other workers, 2018
| Coverage rate | |
|---|---|
| Domestic workers | 19.1% |
| All other workers | 48.9% |
| House cleaners | 7.3% |
| Nannies | 15.1% |
| Child care (in own home) | 6.8% |
| Home care (non-agency) | 17.1% |
| Home care (agency-based) | 25.2% |
| Domestic workers | 9.1% |
| All other workers | 32.8% |
| House cleaners | 2.0% |
| Nannies | 3.5% |
| Child care (in own home) | 2.6% |
| Home care (non-agency) | 6.6% |
| Home care (agency-based) | 13.1% |
Note: To ensure sufficient sample sizes, this figure draws from pooled 2016–2018 microdata.
Source: Economic Policy Institute (EPI) analysis of Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement microdata