Home care aides make up the majority of the nation's 2.2 million domestic workers: Employment in domestic worker occupations, 2021
| House cleaners | Nannies | Providers of child care in own home | Non-agency-based home care aides | Agency-based home care aides | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| House cleaners | 304556.69 | ||||
| Child care workers | 211674.52 | 239941.64 | |||
| Home care aides | 148,897 | 1,253,899 |
Note: There were 2,158,969 workers in domestic occupations in 2021. To ensure sufficient sample sizes for the subcategories, this figure 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.