Figure 2. Nativity of U.S. civilian labor force in IT occupations (all industries), 2010–14 average
Occupation Percent native origin Percent naturalized citizens Percent noncitizens

All IT occupations

76.9 11.7 11.4

Computer programmers

75.6 13.5 10.8

Computer scientists and systems analysts, network systems analysts, and web developers

80.6 10.5 8.9

Software developers, applications and systems software

62.8 15.0 22.2

Computer and information systems managers

81.8 10.9 7.3

Computer hardware engineers

66.5 18.3 15.3

Computer support specialists

87.2 8.1 4.7

Database administrators

77.7 13.3 9.0

Network and computer systems administrators

85.3 9.1 5.6

Note: Because of rounding, percentages may not add up to 100.

Source: IPUMS-USA and authors' calculations.