... but this is driven by high prevalence of low-wage work among foreign-born Hispanics: More than half of all foreign-born Hispanic workers are paid low wages
The bars show the prevalence of low-wage work across all race/ethnicities, by nativity (US-born or foreign-born). For example, 52.9% of all Hispanic foreign-born workers are paid low wages.
Bar chart comparing the prevalence of low-wage work among foreign- and US-born workers in California (2022), for each race/ethnicity: Hispanic, non-Hispanic white, non-Hispanic Black, non-Hispanic Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI), non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) alone, and non-Hispanic multiracial/other. Across all races/ethnicities, except for Hispanics, U.S.-born workers are more likely to earn low wages.
