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Payroll employment below pre-COVID-19 levels in accommodation and food services, and retail trade

Payroll employment change (%) compared with February 2020 -60 -50 -40 -30 -20 -10 0 10 Feb. 2020 May 2021 Accommodation and food servicesAccommodation and food services Retail tradeRetail trade
Source(s):
Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours (2612), table 14-10-0220-01.

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Payroll employment below pre-COVID-19 levels in accommodation and food services, and retail trade, Payroll employment change (%) compared with February 2020
  Accommodation and food services Retail trade
February 2020 0.0 0.0
March 2020 -16.0 -7.1
April 2020 -48.7 -21.0
May 2020 -57.0 -22.7
June 2020 -47.1 -15.3
July 2020 -34.5 -8.9
August 2020 -28.8 -7.8
September 2020 -25.1 -6.0
October 2020 -24.2 -4.4
November 2020 -27.9 -4.1
December 2020 -30.5 -4.3
January 2021 -33.6 -7.7
February 2021 -32.3 -6.8
March 2021 -29.2 -2.7
April 2021 -28.6 -1.7
May 2021 -34.1 -5.5
Source(s):
Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours (2612), table 14-10-0220-01.
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