Median real hourly wages, domestic workers versus other workers, by demographic group, 2019
| Domestic worker occupations | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home care aides | |||||||
| All other (nondomestic) workers | Domestic workers | Percent difference | House cleaners | Nannies | Non- agency-based | Agency-based | |
| Median hourly wage | $19.97 | $12.01 | -39.8% | $11.89 | $11.60 | $11.89 | $12.08 |
| Gender | |||||||
| Female | $18.23 | $11.96 | -34.4% | $11.93 | $11.59 | $11.62 | $12.01 |
| Male | $21.62 | $12.85 | -40.6% | NA | NA | NA | $12.99 |
| Nativity | |||||||
| U.S. born | $20.16 | $11.86 | -41.2% | $11.91 | $11.57 | $12.14 | $11.88 |
| Foreign-born U.S. citizen | $21.21 | $12.69 | -40.2% | $11.85 | NA | NA | $13.03 |
| Foreign-born noncitizen | $15.86 | $12.09 | -23.8% | $11.88 | NA | NA | $12.44 |
| Race/ethnicity | |||||||
| White, non-Hispanic | $21.95 | $12.17 | -44.5% | $12.25 | $11.66 | $12.41 | $12.25 |
| Black, non-Hispanic | $16.56 | $11.59 | -30.0% | NA | NA | NA | $11.75 |
| Hispanic, any race | $16.06 | $11.86 | -26.2% | $11.67 | $11.67 | NA | $11.93 |
| Asian American/Pacific Islander | $24.46 | $13.00 | -46.9% | NA | NA | NA | $13.13 |
| Other | $17.21 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Education | |||||||
| Not high school graduate | $12.27 | $11.14 | -9.3% | $10.99 | NA | NA | $11.28 |
| High school graduate | $16.16 | $11.97 | -26.0% | $12.06 | $11.85 | $11.24 | $12.00 |
| Some college | $17.62 | $12.20 | -30.8% | $13.06 | $11.63 | $11.60 | $12.24 |
| Bachelor’s degree or more | $30.09 | $13.49 | -55.2% | NA | $13.37 | NA | $13.63 |
| Age | |||||||
| Under 23 | $11.29 | $10.74 | -4.9% | NA | $10.45 | NA | $11.16 |
| 23–49 | $20.37 | $12.20 | -40.1% | $11.94 | $12.92 | $12.39 | $12.20 |
| 50+ | $22.87 | $12.04 | -47.4% | $11.93 | NA | $11.64 | $12.03 |
Notes: To ensure sufficient sample sizes, this table draws from pooled 2017–2019 microdata. NA indicates limited sample size. Data are in 2019 dollars. Since the best wage measure in the Current Population Survey is unavailable for self-employed workers, wages of workers who provide child care in their own homes are not included. “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. NA indicates limited sample size. Data are in 2019 dollars. Since the best wage measure in the Current Population Survey is unavailable for self-employed workers, wages of workers who provide child care in their own homes are not included. “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 lacking 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: Economic Policy Institute (EPI) analysis of Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group microdata, EPI Current Population Survey Extracts, Version 1.0.2 (2020), https://microdata.epi.org