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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Labour Econ. 2020 May 21;65:101851. doi: 10.1016/j.labeco.2020.101851

Table 2 -.

Frequency of our Selected Occupations for Men, by Race

Occupation (Rank) Proportion of Entire Race Ratio to White
White AIAN NHPI AIAN NHPI
Retail salespersons 41–2031 (#5) (retail sales) 2.18% 0.83% 0.46% 0.0119 0.0020
Grounds maintenance workers 37–3010 (#6) (janitor) 2.06% 2.36% 2.11% 0.0359 0.0097
Cooks 35–2010 (#9) (kitchen staff) 1.65% 3.73% 2.51% 0.0707 0.0144
Janitors and building cleaners 31–201X (#10) (janitor) 1.49% 1.68% 2.00% 0.0355 0.0128
Waiters and waitresses 35–3031 (#24) (server) 0.94% 0.57% 0.08% 0.0189 0.0008
Cashiers 41–2010 (#31) (retail sales) 0.84% 1.26% 0.50% 0.0469 0.0056
Security guards and gaming surveillance (#37) (security) 0.74% 1.44% 2.74% 0.0614 0.0353

Notes: Data come from all months of the 2015 Current Population Survey. Estimates are weighted using person-level sampling weights. Occupations are ranked based on the decreasing share of white men that have this occupation out of all white men. White corresponds to those who report that they are white only, while AIAN (NHPI) correspond to those who report AIAN (NHPI) either alone or in combination with another race. Our sample includes those aged 25 to 35 only. Ratio to white presents the number of AIAN (NHPI) individuals in the occupation for each white individual. In parentheses is the larger occupation grouping to which this finer CPS occupation belongs. See Online Appendix A and Online Appendix Table A3 for a larger table with additional occupations.