What percent of jobs in Massachusetts are held by immigrants?
Data updated May 22, 2024
About 21.8% in 2022. Immigrants are 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 14
employed workers were immigrants
In 2022
21.8%
of employed workers were immigrants
While immigrants hold 21.8% of jobs, they make up 20.6% of the working-age population in the state. This indicates a slightly higher employment rate than expected. The working-age population includes everyone aged 16 and above.
Immigrant percentage of employed workers in Massachusetts
Immigrant participation in the workforce varies across industries. In Massachusetts, the largest gap between foreign-born and native-born workers was in manufacturing, where 12.1% of the foreign-born working-age population were employed compared to 8.3% of native-born workers.
Percentage of employed population in Massachusetts, by sector of employment (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 Massachusetts was 70.1%, higher than the 65.8% rate for the native-born population. This indicates that immigrants were seeking work at a slightly higher rate than the native-born population in the state.
Comparing immigrant percentage of employed workers of Massachusetts metro areas to others
