Hindus are well
represented in the
highly paid medical
profession
2004
Ethnic minority workers earned £18,044
compared with £19,552 for white employees.
Bangladeshi salary was £12,220 a year.
Unemployment rates!
Lowest rate - white men - 5%
Highest rate - African Carribean men - 14%
Lowest rate among ethnic minority - Indian men - 7%
37 % of Bangladeshi 16-24 & 35 % of Pakistanis
compared with 11% of white people
Ethnic minority men - less likely
than white to be employed in skilled
trades 12% compared with 20%
White men were paid £1.80 per
hour more than ethnic minority men
Block (2004)
Recent immagrants generally experience
significant disadvantage - refuges earning
79% of the pay of ethnic minority groups
First annual report - Government's
Ethnic Minority Taskforce
Employment rate among
ethnic minorities was 59.4%
compared with 74.9% for the
general population
JRF
When qualification levels are taken into
account - there's difference between earnings
of white people & black or Indian people.
Lucinda Platt (2007)
Ethnic minority workers do not have
access to informal social networks
Clark & Drinkwater (2007)
Many Asians prefer
self-employment in relatively low
paid sectors - taxi-driving/catering
- rather than face discrimination
in the wider employment sector.
2007
Unemployment rate for ethnic
minorities was over 11% -
twice the national average!!
The Joseph Rowntree
Foundation 2007
Men from ethnic minorities in
managerial & professional jobs
earn up to 25% less than their
white colleagues!
African- Carribean & Bangladeshi
men were most likely to face
greatest pay discrimination
An African-Caribbean
graduate is more than twice
as likely to be unemployed
as a white graduate.