Institute for Research on Labor and Employment

In this report, we provide a statistical overview of the AAPI workforce in the United States. Three broad themes emerge from our analysis of the data. The first is that AAPI workers are highly diverse. AAPIs come from dozens of national and ethnic backgrounds. They speak many languages, from English to Chinese to Hindi. Three-fourths are immigrants. They are concentrated in the Pacific Coast region and the East Coast, but have a presence in every state in the country. They are more likely than whites to have a college degree, but they are also less likely than whites to have finished high school. The top 20 occupations held by AAPI workers range from doctors and computer engineers to hotel room cleaners and cashiers.