LIGAZON Alliance · Data · 2025

The Occupational Gap
Across Every Industry

The same pattern holds whether the industry is healthcare, law, technology, finance, government, education, media, or agriculture. The number changes. The gap doesn't.

179
Occupations tracked
9
Industry sectors
1.3%
Lowest single occupation
(Surgeons)
18.7%
Latino share of U.S. workforce
(the benchmark)
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Healthcare
13.6%
avg Latino share · benchmark 18.7%
-5.1pp vs. workforce
Worst role: Surgeons at 1.3%
54 occupations tracked
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Law
15.8%
avg Latino share · benchmark 18.7%
-2.9pp vs. workforce
Worst role: Lawyers at 9.2%
5 occupations tracked
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Technology
11.2%
avg Latino share · benchmark 18.7%
-7.5pp vs. workforce
Worst role: [SV Tech] Executives at 2.9%
28 occupations tracked
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Finance
14.4%
avg Latino share · benchmark 18.7%
-4.3pp vs. workforce
Worst role: Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents at 6.8%
18 occupations tracked
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Government
16.4%
avg Latino share · benchmark 18.7%
-2.3pp vs. workforce
Worst role: First-line supervisors of correctional officers at 7.7%
20 occupations tracked
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Education
14.3%
avg Latino share · benchmark 18.7%
-4.4pp vs. workforce
Worst role: Postsecondary teachers at 7.9%
12 occupations tracked
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Corporate / Management
12.8%
avg Latino share · benchmark 18.7%
-5.9pp vs. workforce
Worst role: Chief executives at 8.4%
10 occupations tracked
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Media / Creative
14.1%
avg Latino share · benchmark 18.7%
-4.6pp vs. workforce
Worst role: Technical writers at 4.9%
23 occupations tracked
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Agriculture
31.1%
avg Latino share · benchmark 18.7%
+12.4pp vs. workforce
Worst role: Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers at 7.1%
9 occupations tracked
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Data sources: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey (CPS) Table 11, 2025 annual average. "Latino" = "Hispanic or Latino" in BLS CPS coding. Benchmark: 18.7% U.S. Latino share of civilian labor force (BLS CPS 2025).

Technology sector includes Silicon Valley EEO-1 employer-reported data (cirlabs / Reveal News, 2016 release, most recent with race × job category detail). LIGAZON analysis: all 58 California counties for healthcare concordance data. Script and raw data: github.com/turnerll/ligazon.