---
title: "Hispanic Employment Gains"
description: "That's the increase in overall employment for Hispanics between the second quarters of 2005 and 2006."
date: "2007-02-23"
authors:
  - name: "Russell Heimlich"
    job_title: "Former web developer"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/russell-heimlich/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2007/02/23/hispanic-employment-gains/"
---

# Hispanic Employment Gains

The overall employment increase for Hispanics between the second quarters of 2005 and 2006 was 993,00 with the vast majority of these jobs, 81%, going to foreign-born Latinos. This reflects a demographic trend driven by immigration — thre foreign-born Hispanic workforce is greater than the native-born Hispanic workforce. [Read More](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/reports/70.pdf)