This chart shows how employment in the US today compares to pre-pandemic times

This chart shows how employment in the US today compares to pre-pandemic times

From weforum.org

When the Covid-19 pandemic hit the U.S. economy with full force in March 2020, stifling economic activity and erasing nearly 20 million jobs in a matter of weeks, many had hoped that this crisis would go away as quickly as it had arrived. And while most sectors and the economy as a whole have now recovered the jobs lost in spring of 2020, there are still some gaps in the recovery, as the following chart shows. The leisure and hospitality sector in particular is still almost a million jobs short of its February 2020 level, with the public sector also lagging behind in the jobs recovery. While these numbers could be ... (full story)

really good data. less talk - do more, it is wht the fed and usa gov do. nice jobs.

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