The most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics Jobs Report shows strong job growth in April. In parallel, NDWA Labs’ April Report shows a decline to 18% in joblessness for surveyed domestic workers. This decline puts joblessness at the level we saw in November 2022, and comes after a joblessness increase during the first quarter of the year. It remains over twice the rate of 9% who reported having no jobs before COVID-19 [1].

Domestic workers are the nannies, homecare workers, and house cleaners whose work is essential to our economy, and yet they are one of the most vulnerable and marginalized groups of workers. They work in private homes, and often have multiple employers. This means they may have to schedule several jobs in a given week in order to make ends meet. Domestic workers earn less than the average US worker and are three times as likely to be living in poverty [2].

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The most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics Jobs Report shows the general unemployment rate decreased slightly, and the number of jobs added was around market expectations [1]. The unemployment rate for Latina women also decreased slightly.

NDWA Labs’ March Report shows that the joblessness rate for domestic worker respondents remained at 21% in March. This rate is higher than at any point in the second half of 2022,  and it is more than twice the rate of 9% who reported having no jobs before COVID-19 [2].

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