What percent of jobs in the San Diego, CA area are held by immigrants?
Data updated May 22, 2024
About 26.9% of jobs in the San Diego, CA area were held by immigrants in 2022. Immigrants were defined as foreign-born residents, including those who became US citizens, were authorized to work in the US, or were undocumented residents.
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In 2022
4 in 15
employed workers were immigrants
In 2022
26.9%
of employed workers were immigrants
While immigrants hold 26.9% of jobs, they make up 26.6% of the total working-age population in the San Diego, CA area. 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 San Diego, CA area than the US average
Immigrant participation in the workforce varies across industries. In the San Diego, CA area, the largest gap between foreign-born and native-born workers was in the manufacturing industry, where 13.6% of the foreign-born working-age population were employed compared to 8.2% of native-born workers. This highlights a significant gap in employment between foreign-born and native-born workers in the manufacturing industry in the San Diego, CA 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 San Diego, CA area was 63.2%, higher than the 62.8% rate for the native-born population. This shows that immigrants were seeking work at a higher rate than the native-born population in the state.
