Show domestics domestico are employed in U S homes washington domestic servants employed in private homes in the united states number according to an estimate made by rae L ot of the social security boards bureau of research and statistics though women dominate the domestic service picture outnumbering men better than 10 to 1 they only contribute 23 per cent of all workers gainfully employed in the united states and only 28 per cent of applicants for social security account numbers general housekeepers or maids of all work constitute more than half of all domestics domestico employed in in private homes they are estimated to number other classifications include cooks housekeepers and stewards 8 launderers launder ers and laundresses untrained nurses chauffeurs and waiters |