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2.5 million unable to work in March 2022 because employer closed or lost business due to COVID-19
April 06, 2022
In March 2022, 2,514,000 people did not work at all or worked fewer hours at some point in the 4 weeks preceding the survey because their employer closed or lost business due to COVID-19. This number is down from 4,201,000 people in February 2022.
People unable to work at some point in the last 4 weeks because their employer closed or lost business due to COVID-19 by receipt of pay from their employer for hours not worked, May 2020 to March 2022
Month
Total
Received pay
Did not receive pay
May 2020
49,839,000
8,754,000
41,085,000
Jun 2020
40,368,000
6,223,000
34,146,000
Jul 2020
31,281,000
3,949,000
27,332,000
Aug 2020
24,225,000
2,811,000
21,413,000
Sep 2020
19,385,000
2,004,000
17,381,000
Oct 2020
15,070,000
1,764,000
13,305,000
Nov 2020
14,805,000
2,031,000
12,774,000
Dec 2020
15,819,000
2,022,000
13,797,000
Jan 2021
14,755,000
1,881,000
12,874,000
Feb 2021
13,348,000
1,400,000
11,948,000
Mar 2021
11,391,000
1,163,000
10,228,000
Apr 2021
9,378,000
871,000
8,507,000
May 2021
7,907,000
734,000
7,173,000
Jun 2021
6,209,000
621,000
5,588,000
Jul 2021
5,150,000
467,000
4,683,000
Aug 2021
5,647,000
782,000
4,865,000
Sep 2021
5,032,000
780,000
4,252,000
Oct 2021
3,830,000
508,000
3,322,000
Nov 2021
3,640,000
576,000
3,064,000
Dec 2021
3,101,000
493,000
2,607,000
Jan 2022
6,043,000
1,435,000
4,608,000
Feb 2022
4,201,000
853,000
3,348,000
Mar 2022
2,514,000
386,000
2,127,000
Among those unable to work because of pandemic-related closures or lost business in March 2022, 386,000 people received at least some pay from their employer for the hours not worked, while 2,127,000 people did not receive pay. In February 2022, 853,000 people received at least some pay from their employer for the hours not worked, while 3,348,000 people did not receive pay.
United States Department of Labor
