What are the occupations of mainland immigrants in the United States?

According to the age structure, it can be divided into two categories. The older generation is mainly engaged in low-end manufacturing and catering; Many new generations are engaged in other technology industries, such as programmers and accountants.

Although the new generation of Chinese immigrants in the second half of the 20th century have a historical inheritance relationship with the older generation of immigrants who are mainly Chinese workers, their comprehensive qualities and historical opportunities are completely different. Most of the new generation of immigrants are well educated, and the proportion of them who have received higher education is as high as 4 1%, while the proportion of the total population in the United States is only 20%. Their employment fields are mostly medicine, engineering, technology and education, which can be said to be the technical elite of American society. Their knowledge and expertise are far more valuable to the motherland than the "remittances" of the older generation of immigrants.

Occupational distribution:

Although online forums seem that Chinese engineers and programmers are the mainstream, in fact, working as a restaurant is the occupation with the highest proportion of Chinese. Up to 12.3% of China's workforce is currently engaged in the catering industry, which is almost the sum of programmers (4.6%), education (4.5%) and medical care (4. 1%). Generally speaking, these four occupations have the largest labor force in China.

Total income:

Generally speaking, the income of China people is indeed relatively high. Regardless of the median or average, China people's personal income, family income and poverty rate are significantly optimized with the intergenerational differences, but considering that many immigrants of the second generation and above are family wealth accumulated by several generations, it will certainly have an impact on statistics. The median personal income of China people is $37,229, with an average of $565,438 +0.835, which is far higher than the average level of the United States, which is naturally inseparable from the studious characteristics of China people.