Black workers in the Bay Area are disproportionately clustered in key service sector and blue collar occupations, and have been underrepresented in the region's high-wage occupations for decades.

Share of all Bay Area workers ages 25-64 who are Black, by occupational group, 2000-2022
Share of Black Workers per Occupation, 2000-2022   Distribution of Workers by Occupation, 2022  
Distribution of Black Workers by Occupation, 2000-2022  

Black residents include all residents who are Black, including multiracial and Latinx residents. Workers include all Bay Area residents ages 25-64 who reported work at any time in the 12 months prior to the time of survey,
Source: Bay Area Equity Atlas analysis of US Decennial Census and American Community Survey microdata from IPUMS USA.Get the dataCreated with Datawrapper