2.3 Skills-related underemployment by ethnic group
Figure 2.3 shows workers from ethnic-minority groups are more likely to find themselves in jobs for which they are overqualified than are white workers. Furthermore, after the great recession underemployment grew among ethnic-minority groups: the percentage overqualified increased and then remained steady at a higher level. Underemployment among white workers rose steadily from 2010.
![Ethnic-minority groups are more likely to find themselves in jobs for which they are overqualified](trends-underemployment_files/figure-html/plot-overqualified-employees-eth-1.png)
FIGURE 2.3: Ethnic-minority groups are more likely to find themselves in jobs for which they are overqualified