Analysis: Employment has rebounded across racial groups — except for Whites
By now, the United States has regained all of the jobs lost in the immediate aftermath of the pandemic. In February 2020, the high-water mark before the emergence of the coronavirus, there were 152.5 million people working. In August, the first month to pass the February 2020 level, there were 152.8 million employed. In September, the figure topped 153 million for the first time on record.
The group that has rebounded the most is Asian Americans, now seeing employment 5.6 percent higher than in February 2020. The group that has gained employment since that month but at the slowest rate is Black Americans, for whom employment is now 1.4 percent higher than it was then. That’s because of Black men, for whom employment is 4.5 percent higher than in February 2020.
That’s just above White women, for whom employment is 1.6 percent lower than it was that month. Overall, White employment is still 0.8 percent below February 2020 levels. That said, the unemployment rates by demographic, which incorporate workforce participation, still show White Americans trailing. Again, the overall pattern is similar across groups.
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