News analysts and reporters at 6.1%. Technical writers at 4.9%. The institutions that set the narrative, who is covered, how they are described, what stories get told and which get buried, are staffed at rates that ensure Latino communities are subjects of coverage far more often than they are its authors.
| Occupation | Latino % · green line = 20.0% workforce benchmark | Gap vs. benchmark | Total employed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Technical writers | 4.9% | -15.1pp | 54K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Directors, religious activities and education | 5.2% | -14.8pp | 82K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| News analysts, reporters, and journalists | 6.1% | -13.9pp | 86K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Writers and authors | 7.0% | -13.0pp | 234K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Editors | 7.7% | -12.3pp | 113K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Music directors and composers | 8.5% | -11.5pp | 58K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Television, video, and film camera operators and editors | 9.9% | -10.1pp | 129K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers | 10.9% | -9.1pp | 96K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Graphic designers | 13.2% | -6.8pp | 285K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 13.6% | -6.4pp | 3,504K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Artists and related workers | 14.4% | -5.6pp | 302K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Public relations specialists | 14.5% | -5.5pp | 135K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Producers and directors | 14.8% | -5.2pp | 216K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Musicians and singers | 14.8% | -5.2pp | 167K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Photographers | 15.1% | -4.9pp | 216K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Entertainment and recreation managers | 16.3% | -3.7pp | 65K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes | 16.4% | -3.6pp | 60K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Industrial and refractory machinery mechanics | 16.6% | -3.4pp | 329K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Chiropractors | 16.8% | -3.2pp | 66K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Other entertainment attendants and related workers | 19.2% | -0.8pp | 224K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Broadcast, sound, and lighting technicians | 19.7% | -0.3pp | 121K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers | 21.5% | +1.5pp | 140K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 38.3% | +18.3pp | 640K | BLS CPS Table 11, 2025 annual avg |
Benchmark: 20.0% = U.S. Latino share of civilian labor force (BLS CPS 2025 annual average). California benchmark: 40.3% (CA Latino population share, 2020 Census). The green vertical line in each bar marks the 20.0% national workforce benchmark.
Data & Methodology
These tables are the BLS Current Population Survey, in which people report their own occupation. Elsewhere on this site we cite the profession registries (AAMC for physicians, ABA for attorneys, LCDA for board seats), which count licensed members of a profession. The two disagree, and we show both rather than pick the flattering one: the CPS puts Latino lawyers at 9.2%, while the ABA, counting licensed attorneys, puts them at 6.0%. Where the two differ, the figure we stand behind and cite is the registry.
The parity line is 20.0%, the Latino share of everyone employed in America (BLS CPS 2025, Table 11). Occupations employing fewer than 150,000 people carry wide sampling error and are never used as a headline figure here.
Occupation data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey (CPS) Table 11, 2025 annual average. "Latino" = "Hispanic or Latino" per BLS CPS coding. All figures are annual averages of monthly survey estimates; small occupations (<50,000 workers) have higher margin of error.
Silicon Valley Technology figures sourced from cirlabs / Reveal News EEO-1 analysis of large tech employers, 2016 (most recent public EEO-1 release with race × job category × company detail). Internal job classifications differ from BLS CPS categories.
Gap = Latino % − 20.0% U.S. Latino workforce benchmark (BLS CPS 2025). Negative gap = underrepresented relative to workforce share. All data public domain. Script and source: github.com/turnerll/ligazon.