Latinas have a higher participation rate in the labor force than do women overall. And that importance is expected to grow.
Growing up, Mayra Macias often saw her father collapsed on the couch after a 14-hour day as a garbage man for the city of Chicago.
The importance of Latinas in the workforce is expected to increase. By 2028, they are forecast to account for 9.2% of the total labor force, up from 7.5% in 2018, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Latinos — both women and men — will account for a fifth of the worker pool by then. “My mother didn’t speak to me for months because she was so appalled,” for breaking a cultural tradition by leaving home before marriage, said Vargas, founder ofThe number of Latinas with college degrees has doubled in the past 10 years to 4.8 million, increasing their ability to engage with the workforce. Enrollment data shows a significant portion of Latinas remain enrolled in school after age 21, suggesting they are pursuing graduate degrees, or juggling school with work and family support.
“We would expect that if you had a more educated group you would see some of these gaps narrow,” Mora said.Barriers to work often give rise to business ownership and entrepreneurship in the Latino community. Ramona Cedeño, 43, started her business, FiBrick Financial Services, in New York four years ago, after coming to the U.S. from the Dominican Republic when she was 18. Her first job was in a shoe store as she helped her mother pay the rent and save money to bring her three sisters to America, she says.
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