Home care aides make up the majority of domestic workers: Employment in domestic worker occupations, 2021
| Occupation | Number of workers |
|---|---|
| House cleaners | 304,557 |
| Child care workers | |
| Nannies | 211,675 |
| Provider in own home | 239,942 |
| Home care aides | |
| Non-agency-based | 148,897 |
| Agency-based | 1,253,899 |
| Total domestic workers | 2,158,969 |
Note: To ensure sufficient sample sizes, this table draws from pooled 2019–2021 microdata. Totals may not add up due to rounding.
Source: Economic Policy Institute (EPI) analysis of Current Population Survey basic monthly microdata, EPI Current Population Survey Extracts, Version 1.0.32 (2022), https://microdata.epi.org.