{"id":26281,"date":"2020-12-03T06:05:22","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T14:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/?p=26281"},"modified":"2026-02-22T15:27:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T23:27:50","slug":"employment-impacts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/employment-impacts\/","title":{"rendered":"Employment Impacts"},"content":{"rendered":"

The COVID-19 pandemic has been inconsistent in the way it has affected the U.S. employment market, creating a wide disparity between metro and job segments. This is the main conclusion of the latest special employment report from Yardi Matrix.<\/a> Leisure and hospitality was by far the biggest employment sector loser, with 3.8 million jobs lost. In contrast, only 1.8% of the jobs in financial services have been lost since the start of the \"\"pandemic.<\/p>\n

However, the overall impact varied greatly depending on the city. Metros with the best job performance include those with relatively small leisure and hospitality industries and those that have lost relatively few jobs in the segment (Indianapolis, for example, lost only 6.5%). One outlier, Austin, has added 8,200 professional and business services jobs and 7,300 financial services jobs since February.<\/p>\n

While the size of a metro\u2019s leisure and hospitality segment is a key in the extent of job losses, a more significant factor is how thoroughly the metro shut down to stop the spread of COVID. Few of the top 10 metros in the percentage of jobs lost since February are among the leaders in leisure and hospitality jobs, but all are at or above the average proportion of jobs lost in the segment. New York City, for example, has a relatively small leisure and hospitality segment (9.8% of all jobs), but a whopping 42.3% of those jobs disappeared.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe data does show hope for the future for the gateway metros that have been hard hit, because the core industries in those metros, such as finance and professional services, remain viable,\u201d states the report. \u201cOnce a vaccine is available and people feel safe going back to entertainment venues, restaurants and the like, gateway cities (like New York, San Francisco, Boston and Los Angeles) will have the ability to rebound.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gain all the insight of the national analysis in this special report<\/a> from industry data leader Yardi Matrix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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