Table 2A
Demographic characteristics of domestic workers, 2019
| In-home | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child care workers | Direct-care aides | |||||||
| Not domestic workers | Domestic workers | Percentage-point difference | Housecleaners | 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% |
| Naturalized U.S. citizen | 8.4% | 14.8% | 6.4 | 18.5% | 11.4% | 12.3% | 10.6% | 15.4% |
| Non-naturalized immigrant | 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 | |
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
This chart appears in:
Previous chart: « Employment in domestic worker occupations, 2019
Next chart: Demographic characteristics of in-home workers, 2018 »