Immigrants and U.S.-born workers have similar levels of high-school and college education: Educational distribution of the labor force in 2024, for U.S.-born and foreign-born
| Less than high school | High school diploma | Some college | College degree | Advanced degree | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S.-born | 5% | 26% | 28% | 26% | 15% |
| Immigrant | 18% | 26% | 16% | 22% | 17% |
Notes: Immigrants are defined as the foreign-born population, including non-citizens and naturalized U.S. citizens, but excluding the population born abroad to American parents, following the Census Bureau's convention on estimating the foreign-born population.
Source: EPI analysis of the basic monthly Current Population Survey microdata, accessed via EPI Current Population Survey Extracts, Version 1.0.61 (2025), https://microdata.epi.org.