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KBRA Releases Research – The Labor Market’s Big Shift: Two Years of COVID-19

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In this installment of our series on state employment, KBRA examines April 2022 national jobs data released on May 6, as well as March state-level jobs data.

The overall U.S. labor market has recovered all of the jobs lost during the pandemic. Jobs grew by 89,000 (0.06%) to 158.1 million between February 2020 and March 2022. While there remains a gap on a seasonally adjusted basis (654,000), the gap is closing compared to peak losses of 25 million between February and April 2020.

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Cindy Wu, Senior Director
+1 (646) 731-2304
cindy.wu@kbra.com

Jozelle Cox, Senior Analyst
+1 (646) 731-1227
jozelle.cox@kbra.com

Douglas J. Kilcommons, Managing Director
+1 (646) 731-3341
douglas.kilcommons@kbra.com

William Cox, Global Head of Corporate, Financial, and Government Ratings
+1 (646) 731-2472
william.cox@kbra.com

Business Development
Bill Baneky, Managing Director
+1 (646) 731-2409
bill.baneky@kbra.com

James Kissane, Senior Director
+1 (213) 806-0026
james.kissane@kbra.com

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