What percent of jobs in the Philadelphia, PA area are held by immigrants?
Data updated May 22, 2024
In 2022, 14.7% of jobs in the Philadelphia, PA area were held by immigrants. Immigrants are defined as foreign-born residents, including those who became US citizens, are authorized to work in the US, or are undocumented residents.
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In 2022
3 in 20
employed workers were immigrants
In 2022
14.7%
of employed workers were immigrants
While immigrants hold 14.7% of jobs, they make up 13.8% of the total working-age population in the Philadelphia, PA area. This indicates a slightly higher employment rate than expected. The working-age population includes everyone aged 16 and above.
In 2022, a smaller percentage of jobs were held by immigrants in the Philadelphia, PA area than the US average
Immigrant participation in the workforce varies across industries. In the Philadelphia, PA area, the largest gap between foreign-born and native-born workers was in the educational/health services industry, where 23.5% of the foreign-born working-age population were employed compared to 27.9% of native-born workers. This highlights a significant gap between foreign-born and native-born workers in the educational/health services industry.
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 Philadelphia, PA area was 69.7%, higher than the 65.3% rate for the native-born population. This showed that immigrants were seeking work at a higher rate than the native-born population in the state.
