Chart: Even when controlling for demographics and education, domestic workers are paid less than similar workers: How much less, in percentage terms, the average domestic worker earns in hourly wages relative to a demographically similar worker in another profession, 2019

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Even when controlling for demographics and education, domestic workers are paid less than similar workers: How much less, in percentage terms, the average domestic worker earns in hourly wages relative to a demographically similar worker in another profession, 2019

	Wage gap
Domestic workers	25.1

House cleaners	18.0
Nannies	17.9
Non-agency-based home care aides	33.4
Agency-based home care aides	26.6

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Note: All wage penalties are significantly different from zero at the 0.01 level. The regressions control for gender, nativity, race/ethnicity, educational attainment, age, marital status, and division of the country. To ensure sufficient sample sizes, this table draws from pooled 2017–2019 microdata. 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.

Source: EPI analysis of Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group microdata

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In-home/domestic workers update, January 2020

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