How many domestic workers are employed in your state?: Number of domestic workers working in each state, by occupation and compared with all workers, 2019

State All other workers Domestic workers House cleaners Nannies Child care (in own home) Home care (non-agency) Home care (agency-based)
Connecticut 1,854,406 30,016 4,618 3,700 3,546 2,826 15,009
Maine 695,023 10,931 883 869 1,760 807 6,663
Massachusetts 3,511,411 50,085 6,267 6,390 5,588 2,971 29,386
New Hampshire 753,295 8,011 841 1,181 964 516 4,536
New Jersey 4,471,507 56,112 10,550 6,631 5,496 2,663 30,892
New York 9,360,472 258,155 30,949 17,764 24,117 8,378 190,515
Pennsylvania 6,340,703 74,297 6,870 6,620 5,963 4,825 54,453
Rhode Island 554,549 5,601 585 687 771 233 3,345
Vermont 354,627 6,186 619 521 1,187 649 3,002
Illinois 6,448,489 84,647 8,657 11,219 14,719 5,230 42,236
Indiana 3,227,001 30,366 3,387 2,741 5,438 1,079 17,183
Iowa 1,695,788 22,610 1,578 2,184 7,403 758 8,053
Kansas 1,490,107 22,938 1,910 3,042 5,152 705 10,843
Michigan 4,781,699 63,973 5,066 7,350 10,895 4,053 35,789
Minnesota 2,976,346 48,691 2,917 4,966 11,186 2,066 25,511
Missouri 3,023,480 43,548 3,152 4,073 6,578 1,530 28,977
Nebraska 1,020,590 12,842 1,113 1,606 4,071 461 3,976
North Dakota 394,134 5,526 286 471 1,911 198 1,998
Ohio 5,762,605 74,214 7,097 7,210 10,184 2,374 48,709
South Dakota 453,616 4,987 325 499 2,010 136 1,156
Wisconsin 3,082,812 41,105 2,409 3,867 7,207 2,165 25,492
Alabama 2,167,013 19,429 3,988 2,291 2,183 2,174 8,264
Arkansas 1,334,766 16,837 2,584 1,022 1,596 1,134 11,092
Delaware 451,111 4,330 438 424 813 268 2,266
Washington D.C. 344,833 4,021 813 899 247 197 1,808
Florida 9,258,211 104,482 37,002 9,088 7,218 8,567 38,969
Georgia 4,745,118 41,810 8,899 6,848 5,058 3,264 15,768
Kentucky 2,009,155 18,064 3,227 1,832 2,971 1,848 7,302
Louisiana 2,057,857 31,380 4,921 2,566 2,817 2,780 19,113
Maryland 3,080,645 36,947 6,766 6,992 6,726 1,961 11,292
Mississippi 1,273,037 11,609 2,323 713 1,730 1,279 5,188
North Carolina 4,560,543 59,710 7,041 6,288 6,235 2,842 39,024
Oklahoma 1,789,220 20,858 3,012 1,665 2,833 1,216 12,176
South Carolina 2,154,162 19,569 3,136 2,098 2,308 1,517 10,434
Tennessee 3,048,589 31,370 5,370 2,664 3,767 3,493 15,825
Texas 12,297,893 213,896 42,267 16,876 15,865 10,914 134,434
Virginia 4,159,587 56,406 7,752 10,434 8,526 5,238 21,542
West Virginia 788,773 13,038 887 479 1,207 917 10,563
Alaska 346,681 5,713 230 481 1,013 252 3,802
Arizona 3,053,357 40,736 7,390 3,905 4,130 4,662 20,558
California 17,989,336 358,013 74,374 30,359 35,743 28,994 188,209
Colorado 2,767,754 35,900 6,025 6,698 5,395 1,539 14,306
Hawaii 662,053 5,084 842 221 724 547 2,714
Idaho 774,528 11,229 812 1,192 2,118 1,018 5,797
Montana 508,979 6,291 572 631 1,129 352 3,496
Nevada 1,335,289 9,518 2,212 1,148 1,067 850 3,915
New Mexico 915,274 20,904 1,992 650 1,587 1,509 16,872
Oregon 1,929,241 29,320 2,777 3,342 5,017 3,086 14,311
Utah 1,413,140 11,367 1,181 2,104 2,792 376 3,783
Washington 3,449,723 49,080 4,293 8,143 6,546 3,767 25,891
Wyoming 297,389 3,295 323 292 804 216 1,441

Note: To ensure sufficient sample sizes, this map draws from pooled 2010–2019 microdata.

Source: Economic Policy Institute (EPI) analysis of Current Population Survey basic monthly microdata, EPI Current Population Survey Extracts, Version 1.0.2 (2020), https://microdata.epi.org

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