Health Employment
Continues Slow Recovery Since the Beginning of the Pandemic
Unlike past recessions,
the health sector saw a big drop in employment in early 2020 similar to
other sectors as the COVID-19 pandemic shut down much of the nation’s
economy and remains below expected employment levels through November
2021, a new KFF
chart collection shows.
The chart collection takes a deep dive into the Bureau of Labor
Statistics data to analyze how jobs and wages in the industry shrank and
recovered compared to other sectors. Key findings include:
- After
a sharp drop in employment at the beginning of the pandemic, jobs in
the health sector began to return in May 2020 but the recovery
remains incomplete. In November, employment in the health sector
remains 2.7% lower than its peak in February 2020.
- The
number of workers in nursing care and elder care facilities has
continued to decline even after other health settings experienced a
rebound. As of November, nursing care facilities and elder care
facilities employed 15% and 11.1% fewer workers than they did in
February 2020.
- Outside
of hospitals, unemployment for men in health care has declined to
2.9% in November from 3.5% in February 2020. By contrast, women in
non-hospital health jobs saw an increase in unemployment to 3% in
November compared to 2.3% in February 2020.
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