Latina workers are heavily represented in the occupations most affected by COVID-19 shutdowns: Shares of Latinx and white workers employed in major occupations, by gender, 2017--2019; occupations ranked by percent change in employment between February and May 2020

Occupation group Latinx men Latinx women White men White women
Service occupations (-27.2%) 19.1% 30.4% 11.6% 16.3%
Production occupations <br>(-17.9%) 9.0% 6.0% 7.4% 2.5%
Sales and related occupations (-17.5%) 7.8% 11.7% 10.5% 10.3%
Transportation and material moving occupations (-16.2%) 11.8% 3.6% 8.5% 1.9%
Construction and extraction occupations (-15.7%) 17.8% 0.7% 7.7% 0.3%
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations <br>(-11.1%) 6.2% 0.3% 6.3% 0.2%
Office and administrative support occupations (-11.0%) 6.7% 18.0% 5.9% 18.6%
Professional and related occupations (-6.5%) 9.8% 17.9% 21.1% 32.0%
Management, business, and financial occupations (-4.6%) 9.1% 10.1% 20.2% 17.6%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations (-1.8%) 2.7% 1.3% 0.8% 0.2%

Notes: White refers to non-Latinx whites; persons whose ethnicity is identified as Latinx may be of any race. Occupations are listed in order of job losses as a share of February 2020 employment within each occupation (e.g., job losses were greatest in service occupations).

Source: Authors’ analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Employment Statistics and Current Population Survey microdata.

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