Archive · 16 Jun 2025
Foreign-Born Workers See Higher Unemployment Rates in 2024
Imagine two groups of people: those born in the U.S. and those born elsewhere.
The government keeps track of how many people in each group have jobs.
From 2023 to 2024, more people in both groups became unemployed.
In 2024, a slightly higher percentage of foreign-born workers were without jobs compared to those born in the U.S. More foreign-born people are now working in the U.S. than before, and they are more likely to be in certain types of jobs, like services or construction.
Foreign-born workers earn less per week than their native-born counterparts.
Unemployment rates increased for both foreign-born and native-born workers from 2023 to 2024.
In 2024, the unemployment rate for foreign-born workers was 4.2%, higher than the 4.0% rate for native-born workers.
Foreign-born workers comprised 19.2% of the U.S. civilian labor force in 2024, up from 18.6% in 2023.
Labor force participation rates remained largely unchanged for both groups.
Foreign-born men have a higher labor force participation rate than their native-born counterparts.
- Who
- Foreign-born and native-born workers.
- What
- Unemployment rates for both foreign-born and native-born workers in the U.S. from 2023 to 2024.
- When
- 2023 and 2024.
- Where
- United States.
- Why
- The provided articles don't give the reasons for the changes.
Analysis
Trends
Unemployment Rate
Analysis
Higher unemployment rate for foreign-born workers in 2024.
Trends
Rising unemployment for both groups, with a slight difference.
- Foreign-born unemployment (2024)
- 4.2%
- Native-born unemployment (2024)
- 4.0%
- Foreign-born in labor force (2024)
- 19.2%
- Foreign-born labor force participation (2024)
- 66.5%
- Native-born labor force participation (2024)
- 61.7%
- Foreign-born median weekly earnings (2024)
- $1,001
- Native-born median weekly earnings (2024)
- $1,190