June 05, 2004

National Data, By Edwin S. Rubenstein

Economic Impact of Mass Immigration Worse than We Thought

Estimated Income Lost Due to Immigration

into the U.S. between 1980 and 2000

Average Annual Earnings of Native Male Workers, 2000

Income Lost

Education

Actual

If No Immigration

Amount

Percent

High School Dropouts

$24,812

$26,795

-$1,983

-7.4%

High School Graduates

$32,098

$32,787

-$689

-2.1%

Some College

$41,427

$42,402

-$975

-2.3%

College Graduates

$72,871

$75,592

-$2,721

-3.6%

Sources: Average Annual Earnings of Natives: e-mail from George Borjas to author, 5/7/04.

Percentage income reduction: George Borjas, "Increasing the Supply of Labor Through

Immigration," CIS Backgrounder, May 2004.

http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/back504.html

Edwin S. Rubenstein (email him) is President of ESR Research Economic Consultants in Indianapolis.