Source page: McKinsey & Company
Commentary
Asian Americans are stressed, burned out, and exhausted
COVID-19 | Diversity & Inclusion
May 13, 2021 – The pandemic has required many employees to adapt to new, often challenging working styles. Asian American women are feeling the effects more than men, and Americans of East Asian origin more than other subgroups.
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To read the article, see “COVID-19’s impact on Asian American workers: Six key insights,” May 6, 2021.
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Visual form
Three-panel image sequence of dot-and-range comparison charts.
Layout / body structure
The chart breaks into three separate panels read in sequence: stressed, burned out, and exhausted. Each panel repeats the same racial and ethnic categories from left to right, with a bracket isolating the Asian American subgroup breakdowns in the middle of the chart.
What is being compared
The sequence compares women and men across White, Hispanic and Latino, Black, Asian American, East Asian, South Asian, Southeast Asian, and overall-average groups on three workplace strain measures: feeling consistently stressed, consistently burned out, and consistently exhausted.
Measurement system
All three panels use percent of respondents on a 0 to 60 scale. Blue dots mark women, dark dots mark men, and the light box spanning between them shows the gap within each demographic group.
Visible structure inside the graphic
Every category contains a paired-dot comparison with a light rectangular band stretching between the two points. Repeating that same structure across all three panels lets the reader compare not only levels but also the size of the gender gap for each group and for each emotional state.
Main takeaway from the visual
Asian American women sit above their male counterparts in all three panels, and the East Asian category is especially elevated within the Asian subgroup breakout. The repeated three-panel structure makes the burden look persistent rather than limited to one isolated stress measure.
Key standout values or extremes
In the stressed panel, East Asian women sit around 54 percent while East Asian men sit near 39, and the overall average is about 52 for women versus 46 for men. In burned out, East Asian women are near 35 versus about 25 for men, and in exhausted, East Asian women reach about 40 versus roughly 32 for men while Asian American women overall sit around 37 compared with about 30 for men.
Controls / sequence, when applicable
The page presents a fixed three-step image sequence. The reader advances conceptually from one panel to the next instead of filtering or clicking within a dashboard.
Companion media, when applicable
There is no separate companion audio or video; the chart is the full visual on this page.