Many employers ignore black and Asian women in areas where they are a significant part of the workforce, the Equal Opportunities Commission says.
Pakistani, Bangladeshi and black Caribbean women are absent from three out of 10 of those workplaces, the EOC said after a two-year study.
The EOC said they find it harder to get a job and win promotion.
They are more likely to be restricted to certain types of work, despite having good qualifications, it added.
Communities Secretary Ruth Kelly welcomed the report.
"For black and Asian women, the workplace is a complex story of ambition, skills and achievement on one hand and missed opportunity on the other," she said.
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