What percent of jobs in the Seattle, WA area are held by immigrants?
Data updated May 22, 2024
About 25.4% of jobs 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
1 in 4
employed workers were immigrants
In 2022
25.4%
of employed workers were immigrants
While immigrants hold 25.4% of jobs, they make up 24.1% of the total working-age population in the Seattle, WA 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 Seattle, WA area than the US average
Immigrant participation in the workforce varies across industries. In the Seattle, WA area, the largest gap between foreign-born and native-born workers was in the support services industry, where 22.4% of the foreign-born working-age population were employed compared to 16.5% of native-born workers. This highlights a significant gap in employment between foreign-born and native-born workers in the specified 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 Seattle, WA area was 70.9%, higher than the 66.6% 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.
