What percent of jobs in the Miami, FL area are held by immigrants?
Data updated May 22, 2024
About 50.4% of jobs in the Miami, FL area in 2022. Immigrants are defined as foreign-born residents. This includes those who became US citizens, those authorized to work in the US, and undocumented residents.
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In 2022
1 in 2
employed workers were immigrants
In 2022
50.4%
of employed workers were immigrants
In the Miami, FL area, immigrants hold 50.4% of jobs, while they make up 48.7% of the total working-age population. This indicates a slightly higher employment rate than expected. The working-age population includes everyone aged 16 and above.
In 2022, a larger percentage of jobs were held by immigrants in the Miami, FL area than the US average
Immigrant participation in the workforce varies across industries. In the Miami, FL area, the largest gap between foreign-born and native-born workers was in the construction industry, where 11.2% of the foreign-born working-age population were employed compared to 5.5% of native-born workers. This highlights a significant gap in employment between foreign-born and native-born workers in the construction industry in the Miami, FL area.
The percentage of employed people varies between different sectors
Percentage of employed population in 2022
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The labor force participation rate — the percentage of the working-age population working or actively seeking work — for immigrants in the Miami, FL area was 65.3%, higher than the 61.8% rate for the native-born population. This showed that immigrants were seeking work at a higher rate than the native-born population in the area.
