TABLE 1.
Average employment estimates of US workers 18 years and older in 2022, stratified by sociodemographic characteristics and major Census occupation codes: 2022 Current Population Survey.
| Category | Employee count | Percent of workforce, % |
|---|---|---|
|
| ||
| Sociodemographic group | ||
| Race and ethnicitya | ||
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1,681,000 | 1.1 |
| Asian | 10,547,000 | 6.8 |
| Black or African American | 19,712,000 | 12.6 |
| Multiracial | 3,285,000 | 2.1 |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 701,000 | 0.4 |
| White | ||
| White, non-Hispanic | 94,504,000 | 60.5 |
| White, Hispanic | 25,685,000 | 16.5 |
| Any race | ||
| Hispanic or Latino | 28,923,000 | 18.5 |
| Not Hispanic or Latino | 127,192,000 | 81.5 |
| Racial and ethnic minoritized groupsb | 61,611,000 | 39.5 |
| Sex | ||
| Female | 72,937,000 | 46.7 |
| Male | 83,178,000 | 53.3 |
| Education level | ||
| Less than high school diploma | 10,036,000 | 6.4 |
| High school diploma or equivalent | 41,037,000 | 26.3 |
| Some college or associate degree | 40,759,000 | 26.1 |
| Bachelor's or other advanced degree | 64,283,000 | 41.2 |
| Nativity and citizenship status | ||
| Foreign-born, noncitizen | 14,507,000 | 9.3 |
| Foreign-born, citizen | 14,124,000 | 9.0 |
| Native-born | 127,483,000 | 81.7 |
| Age | ||
| 18–24 | 17,201,000 | 11.0 |
| 25–44 | 69,924,000 | 44.8 |
| 45–64 | 58,407,000 | 37.4 |
| 65+ | 10,582,000 | 6.8 |
| Occupation group c | ||
| White-collar | ||
| Management, business, and financial occupations | 29,298,000 | 18.8 |
| Professional and related occupations | 38,598,000 | 24.7 |
| Sales and related occupations | 13,885,000 | 8.9 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 15,922,000 | 10.2 |
| Service | ||
| Service occupations | 24,413,000 | 15.6 |
| Blue-collar | ||
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 938,000 | 0.6 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 8,387,000 | 5.4 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 4,826,000 | 3.1 |
| Production occupations | 8,211,000 | 5.3 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 11,637,000 | 7.5 |
| Total | 156,114,000 | 100.0% |
Note: Employee counts are rounded to the nearest thousand.
a
Ethnicity groups (Hispanic/Latino and non-Hispanic) include persons identifying as any race, and race groups include persons identifying as any ethnicity, except for persons identifying as White which has been disaggregated by ethnicity.
b
Racial and ethnic minoritized groups include persons identifying as American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Black/African American, multiracial, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, or Hispanic/Latino.
c
Occupations are based on 2018 major Census occupation groups.