TPS fact sheet

SALVADORANS

TPS HOLDERS FAC T S H E E T

The Temporar y Protec ted Statu s for El S alvador latest

The

extension made effec tive on S eptember 10, 2016 and

Salvadorans TPS popu lat i on i s 95 % . On ly 5 % is

end s on March 9, 2018. Pursuant to the C enter for Mig ration Studies the TPS total population f rom El S alvador i s 195,000. Stati stical por trait of TPS beneficiar ies f rom El S alvador re veal s how hardworking S alvadoran people are.

Accord i n g ly to t h e A m e r i ca n C o m m uni t y Su rvey,

labor forc e

c u r rent ly

part i c i pat i on

u nem ployed,

rate

reectin g

of th e a

deg ree of oc c u pat i on am ong t h is po pulatio n .

Ou t

of t he

9 5%

of

em ployed

po pulatio n ,

alm ost a t hi rd wor ks i n ser v i c es a n d 2 2 % in c onst r u c t i on. In t hese i ndu st r i e s , th e Sa lva doran wor k forc e seem s t o be pa rticula rly apprec i at ed by US c om pani es.

G raph ic 1.

Sa lva do ra ns T PS la bo r fo rce part icip at ion

termi n ati n g Sa lvad o ran TP S wo uld le ad to: 5%

$31,462,109,100 Im p a c t o n G D P re d u c t i o n i n a d e c a de

$4,813,702,692 C o nt r ibu t io n t o S oc i a l S ec u r i t y a n d Me d i c a re i n a d e c a d e

$673,289,135 Tot a l t u r n o v er c o s t fo r l ay off

h igh

95%

L abo r Fo rc e

Un e mp loy e d

G raphi c 2 .

Lea d in g In d u s t ri es In m ore det ai l, t he five leadi ng i ndus trie s in

Co n st r u c ti o n

22%

Re st a u ra nt & Fo o d S e r v i ces

w hi c h salvadorans TPS benefic i arie s wo rk are: Const r u c t i on (3 6 ,000), rest au ra nts a n d ot her food ser v i c es (22,400), lands ca pin g

L a n d s c a p i ng Services

50% 13%

Trav e l & Ac c o mo d at i ons

ser v i c es

(11,700), t raveler ac om mo datio n s

(7,9 00), g roc er y st ores (6 ,100), and a ll oth e r i ndu st r i es

5% 7% 3%

G ro ce r y S tores Al l Ot h e r Indus t r i es

Salva d ora ns b en efi t i n g f ro m T P S a re p r i m ar ily a n Econom ic a l ly Ac t i ve Po p u l at i o n (97 % is 25 yea rs old o r o ld e r) a n d re ly o n c o n si dera b le ec onom ic a n d s o c i a l ro ot s . Mo re t han fo ur out of five h o u s e h o ld s w i t h T P S re c i pi ent s (83%).

have

inc o m e s

A b out

71 ,60 0

a b ove of

the

p ove rt y

G raph ic 3.

C ha ra cte ristics of Sa lva do ra n T PS Po p ulat ion I Is 2 5 y e a r s o ld o r o ld e r Pe r c e n t a t o r a b o v e p o v e r ty le v e l

level

Sa lva d o rans

H o u s e h o ld with m o r tg a g e

hou s ehold have m o rt g a g e (5 3 % ) . Th e p o pu lati on f rom E l Sa lva d o r re s i d e s i n 1 3 5 ,4 00 homes ow ned by t h e ms e lve s (6 9 % ) .

H o u s e h o ld

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

Rec ent su r veys showc ase t he prefere n ce s of

G raphi c 4.

US bu si ness hi r i ng Salvadoran wor kfo rce due

Cha ra c t e r is t ic s of Sa lva d ora n T PS Po p ulatio n I I

t o i t s hi g h level of produ c t i v i t y and me dium

56 %

levels of edu c at i on. Ac c ordi ng t o t h e Ce nte r for Mi g rat i on St u di es, one-half of TPS po pu-

54 %

lat i on from E l Salvador has hi g h sc h o o l e duc at i on, som e c olleg e or a u ni versity de gre e

52 %

(50%). Alm ost half of t he TPS po pulatio n speaks eng li sh ver y well (48%). This e n a ble s

50 %

Salvadorans an advanc ed deg ree of inte gra -

48 %

t i on i nt o t he US soc i et y. Salvadoran s pa rticipat i ng i n t he prog ram are also c ontributin g

46 %

t o ot her soc i al di m ensi ons, as mo re th a n 50% has pu rc hased pr i vat e healt h in s ura n ce,

44 % S p e a k e n g l i sh very well

C ompleted H igh S chool or mor e

SALVADORANS

TPS HOLDERS FAC T S H E E T

With health insurance

and i s t herefore redu c i ng t he i mpa ct o n pu bli c healt h prog ram s.

Not e: The dat a fro m g rafi c s 1 ,2 ,3 a n d 4 c o m e f ro m th e s tu d y : "A S t at i ca l a nd D e m o c ra p h ic Profi l e of th e U S Te m p o ra ry Prote c te d S t at us Po pul at i on s f ro m E l Sa lva d o r, Ho n d u ra s , a n d Ha iti" (Jo u rn a l o n Mi g rat i o n a nd Hu m a n Se c u rity) .