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For the year ended May 2020, leisure and hospitality employment in New York decreased 62.1 percent. Over that period, leisure and hospitality employment decreased at least 50.0 percent in 10 states and the District of Columbia, compared with 21 states and the District of Columbia for the 12-month period ending in April 2020.
State | Percent change from May 2019 to May 2020[p] |
May 2020 employment[p] | May 2019 employment | Percent change from April 2019 to April 2020 |
---|---|---|---|---|
New York |
-62.1% | 364,100 | 961,000 | -64.5% |
Massachusetts |
-59.9 | 150,900 | 376,100 | -63.1 |
District of Columbia |
-59.6 | 32,900 | 81,500 | -55.8 |
Hawaii |
-58.2 | 52,700 | 126,200 | -54.7 |
New Jersey |
-55.4 | 175,600 | 393,900 | -63.2 |
Delaware |
-55.0 | 23,900 | 53,100 | -57.4 |
Michigan |
-54.8 | 196,300 | 434,700 | -58.7 |
New Hampshire |
-54.0 | 33,700 | 73,200 | -61.7 |
Vermont |
-53.5 | 17,400 | 37,400 | -60.5 |
Pennsylvania |
-52.1 | 276,100 | 576,200 | -58.9 |
Rhode Island |
-51.5 | 29,100 | 60,000 | -63.0 |
Maine |
-49.9 | 34,800 | 69,500 | -58.6 |
Connecticut |
-49.8 | 79,400 | 158,300 | -55.9 |
Minnesota |
-49.8 | 137,900 | 274,900 | -54.7 |
Oregon |
-47.8 | 111,200 | 213,200 | -55.3 |
Wisconsin |
-47.5 | 149,400 | 284,800 | -57.3 |
Illinois |
-45.9 | 336,200 | 621,400 | -50.7 |
Washington |
-45.1 | 191,000 | 347,700 | -54.2 |
Ohio |
-44.6 | 315,200 | 568,500 | -51.1 |
Maryland |
-44.4 | 157,200 | 282,800 | -46.4 |
California |
-43.9 | 1,137,700 | 2,029,200 | -47.1 |
West Virginia |
-41.1 | 44,200 | 75,100 | -53.1 |
North Carolina |
-39.4 | 311,600 | 514,000 | -48.1 |
Alaska |
-39.2 | 21,900 | 36,000 | -50.1 |
Louisiana |
-38.6 | 145,900 | 237,600 | -44.8 |
Colorado |
-37.9 | 213,800 | 344,100 | -46.3 |
Iowa |
-37.7 | 89,600 | 143,900 | -50.5 |
New Mexico |
-37.7 | 61,600 | 98,900 | -42.2 |
Nevada |
-37.0 | 224,400 | 356,400 | -42.9 |
Missouri |
-36.9 | 194,500 | 308,200 | -48.9 |
Virginia |
-36.8 | 258,300 | 408,400 | -41.8 |
Florida |
-36.8 | 792,500 | 1,253,000 | -41.7 |
Kentucky |
-35.4 | 130,700 | 202,200 | -44.4 |
South Carolina |
-34.5 | 176,200 | 269,000 | -48.0 |
North Dakota |
-33.8 | 26,800 | 40,500 | -48.1 |
Georgia |
-33.3 | 332,100 | 498,100 | -42.8 |
Alabama |
-30.7 | 144,400 | 208,500 | -41.1 |
Indiana |
-29.3 | 221,100 | 312,900 | -40.6 |
Kansas |
-28.8 | 91,900 | 129,100 | -39.3 |
Montana |
-28.7 | 47,900 | 67,200 | -48.1 |
Wyoming |
-28.4 | 26,500 | 37,000 | -34.7 |
South Dakota |
-27.8 | 34,000 | 47,100 | -40.6 |
Nebraska |
-27.7 | 67,700 | 93,600 | -36.9 |
Tennessee |
-27.6 | 250,700 | 346,300 | -43.1 |
Utah |
-27.2 | 111,800 | 153,500 | -42.7 |
Texas |
-26.9 | 1,013,800 | 1,387,400 | -39.5 |
Arizona |
-26.5 | 241,600 | 328,800 | -38.8 |
Idaho |
-26.1 | 61,000 | 82,500 | -41.7 |
Arkansas |
-25.5 | 89,200 | 119,800 | -35.6 |
Mississippi |
-23.3 | 103,900 | 135,400 | -35.6 |
Oklahoma |
-17.9 | 141,700 | 172,600 | -31.6 |
[p] = preliminary. |
From May 2019 to May 2020, other states with a large decrease in leisure and hospitality employment include Massachusetts (−59.9 percent), Hawaii (−58.2 percent), New Jersey (−55.4 percent), and Delaware (−55.0 percent). Employment also decreased 59.6 percent in the District of Columbia.
Oklahoma employment in leisure and hospitality decreased 17.9 percent for the year ended May 2020, the only state with a less than 20.0-percent decrease over that period.
These data are from the Current Employment Statistics (State and Metro Area) program and are seasonally adjusted. Data for the most recent month are preliminary and subject to revision. To learn more, see “State Employment and Unemployment — May 2020.” For more charts and tables related to state employment and unemployment, see the state chart package.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Leisure and hospitality employment in New York down 62.1 percent for the year ended May 2020 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2020/leisure-and-hospitality-employment-in-new-york-down-62-point-1-percent-for-the-year-ended-may-2020.htm (visited October 31, 2024).