Race/ethnicity and nativity of domestic workers, by gender: Shares of domestic workers in different occupations with given characteristic, 2019
| Domestic worker occupations | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child care workers | Home care aides | |||||||
| All other (nondomestic) workers | Domestic workers | Percentage-point difference | House cleaners | Nannies | Provide care in own home | Non-agency-based | Agency-based | |
| All | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Race/ethnicity and gender | ||||||||
| White, non-Hispanic, female | 29.2% | 37.9% | 8.8 | 27.7% | 63.1% | 53.1% | 42.1% | 32.4% |
| Black, non-Hispanic, female | 6.2% | 19.7% | 13.5 | 6.1% | 7.4% | 13.1% | 18.5% | 27.2% |
| Hispanic, any race, female | 7.1% | 27.2% | 20.1 | 58.9% | 22.6% | 27.8% | 17.7% | 20.3% |
| Asian American/Pacific Islander, female | 3.2% | 5.5% | 2.3 | 2.0% | 3.1% | 2.6% | 6.3% | 7.4% |
| Other, female | 0.5% | 1.2% | 0.6 | 0.8% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 1.6% | 1.4% |
| White, non-Hispanic, male | 33.8% | 3.7% | -30.0 | 1.3% | 1.5% | 1.8% | 9.2% | 4.6% |
| Black, non-Hispanic, male | 5.7% | 2.0% | -3.8 | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.2% | 1.6% | 3.1% |
| Hispanic, any race, male | 10.0% | 1.9% | -8.1 | 2.7% | 1.2% | 0.6% | 1.8% | 2.1% |
| Asian American/Pacific Islander, male | 3.7% | 0.8% | -2.9 | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Other, male | 0.6% | 0.1% | -0.4 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.2% |
| Nativity and gender | ||||||||
| U.S.-born, female | 39.3% | 58.7% | 19.3 | 28.7% | 69.5% | 68.6% | 64.2% | 62.1% |
| Foreign-born U.S. citizen, female | 3.8% | 13.6% | 9.8 | 17.5% | 11.1% | 12.2% | 10.2% | 13.7% |
| Foreign-born noncitizen, female | 3.1% | 19.2% | 16.1 | 49.3% | 16.2% | 16.4% | 11.7% | 13.0% |
| U.S.-born, male | 43.6% | 6.2% | -37.4 | 2.1% | 2.1% | 2.3% | 12.6% | 8.3% |
| Foreign-born U.S. citizen, male | 4.6% | 1.2% | -3.4 | 1.0% | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 1.7% |
| Foreign-born noncitizen, male | 5.5% | 1.1% | -4.4 | 1.5% | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
Notes: To ensure sufficient sample sizes, this table draws from pooled 2017–2019 microdata. “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. “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 basic monthly microdata, EPI Current Population Survey Extracts, Version 1.0.2 (2020), https://microdata.epi.org