Among the nation’s 10 largest metropolitan areas, the D.C. region lost the fewest number of jobs to the COVID-19 pandemic early on, according to the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, or COG.
Between March and April 2020, the D.C. area lost more than 300,000 “non-farm” jobs — more than during the entire Great Recession about a decade ago. During the same period, Los Angeles lost nearly 900,000 jobs, and the New York metropolitan area lost almost 1.8 million jobs.
“We’ve recovered about 180,000 of those jobs (as of December), so we’ve actually clawed back about three-fifths of what we’ve lost. But, there are still some protracted losses in a number of different sectors,” Paul DesJardin, COG’s director of community planning and services told the COG board Wednesday.
Hardest hit have been people working leisure and hospitality jobs, followed by accommodation and food services and educational and health services.
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