16. REMITTANCE FLOWS TO MEXICO AND EMPLOYMENT OF MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS
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TABLE 16.2 Mexican Workers and Immigrants in the United States, 2009 Number Worker group
Total
Percent
Male
Female
Total
Male
11,606,259
7,082,131
4,524,128
9.3
11.1
7.4
Immigrant
6,161,148
4,207,711
1,953,437
5.0
6.6
3.2
Citizen
1,548,183
906,211
641,972
1.2
1.4
1.1
Noncitizen
4,612,965
3,301,500
1,311,465
3.7
5.2
2.1
5,445,111
2,874,420
2,570,691
4.4
4.5
4.2
Non-Mexican immigrants
12,993,485
6,895,187
6,098,298
10.4
10.9
10.0
Total immigrants
19,154,633
11,102,898
8,051,735
15.4
17.5
13.2
Total natives
105,335,238
52,435,666
52,899,572
84.6
82.5
86.8
Total workers
124,489,871
63,538,564
60,951,307
100.0
100.0
100.0
Wage and salary Mexican workers
Native
Female
Source: Authors’ estimates with data from U.S. Census Bureau Current Population Survey.
Average Earnings of Wage and Salary Mexican Immigrant Workers During 2009 monthly average earnings of wage and salary Mexican immigrant workers in the United States were $2,190 (table 16.3). However, the average earnings of those who had U.S. citizenship ($2,758) were 38 percent higher than those without it ($1,999). This partly reflected higher levels of schooling of Mexican immigrants with citizenship than those without it and differences in the industry sector distribution of these two groups of Mexicans.
TABLE 16.3 Average Monthly Earnings of Wage and Salary Mexican Immigrant Workers in the United States, 2008–09 2008 Worker group Wage and salary Mexican workers Immigrant
2009
Percentage variation
Total
Male
Female
Total
Male
Female
Total
Male
Female
2,528
2,762
2,148
2,490
2,713
2,140
−1.5
−1.8
−0.4
2,247
2,451
1,778
2,190
2,385
1,768
−2.5
−2.7
−0.6
Citizen
2,707
3,039
2,187
2,758
3,139
2,220
1.9
3.3
1.5
Noncitizen
2,106
2,299
1,602
1,999
2,179
1,546
−5.1
−5.2
−3.5
2,857
3,242
2,425
2,829
3,194
2,425
−1.0
−1.5
0.0
Other immigrants
Native
3,614
4,132
3,019
3,590
4,056
3,082
−0.4
−1.8
2.1
Total immigrants
3,174
3,490
2,727
3,146
3,423
2,763
−0.9
−1.9
1.3
Total natives
3,484
4,053
2,907
3,498
4,080
2,920
0.4
0.7
0.4
Total workers
3,438
3,956
2,884
3,441
3,963
2,898
0.1
0.2
0.5
Source: Authors’ estimates with data from U.S. Census Bureau Current Population Survey.