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Payroll employment remains furthest from pre-COVID-19 levels in lower-paying sectors

payroll employment change (%) compared with February 2020 -60 -50 -40 -30 -20 -10 0 10 Feb. 2020 June 2021 All sectors excluding unclassified businessesAll sectors excluding unclassified businesses Finance and insuranceFinance and insurance Professional, scientific and technical servicesProfessional, scientific and technical services Arts, entertainment and recreationArts, entertainment and recreation Accommodation and food servicesAccommodation and food services
Source(s):
Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours (2612), table 14-10-0220-01.

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Payroll employment remains furthest from pre-COVID-19 levels in lower-paying sectors, payroll employment change (%) compared with February 2020
  All sectors excluding unclassified businesses Finance and insurance Professional, scientific and technical services Arts, entertainment and recreation Accommodation and food services
February 2020 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
March 2020 -5.5 -0.9 -3.3 -9.6 -16.0
April 2020 -16.3 -3.0 -7.6 -47.5 -48.7
May 2020 -19.4 -3.6 -9.6 -57.3 -57.0
June 2020 -15.7 -4.2 -8.2 -53.2 -47.1
July 2020 -11.2 -3.3 -6.3 -43.4 -34.5
August 2020 -9.3 -3.4 -5.0 -36.4 -28.8
September 2020 -7.3 -2.4 -3.2 -31.1 -25.1
October 2020 -6.2 -2.0 -1.9 -28.4 -24.2
November 2020 -6.4 -1.9 -1.1 -30.9 -27.9
December 2020 -6.2 -1.7 -1.1 -31.2 -30.5
January 2021 -7.0 -1.9 0.5 -39.9 -33.6
February 2021 -6.7 -0.7 1.3 -41.0 -32.3
March 2021 -5.2 0.6 2.1 -36.6 -29.2
April 2021 -4.3 0.8 3.3 -34.3 -28.6
May 2021 -5.8 0.5 4.1 -43.0 -34.0
June 2021 -4.6 1.6 5.8 -38.8 -28.2
Source(s):
Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours (2612), table 14-10-0220-01.
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