Despite modest employment gains, women still 5.5 million jobs below pre-pandemic level

New October jobs data show women gained 280,000 (43.9 percent) of 638,000 new non-farm payroll jobs since October. The pace of the recovery has slowed considerably, with jobs growth again smaller than in the previous month. The number of women on non-farm payrolls is still 5.5 million jobs below Feb...

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Published in:Policy File 2020
Main Authors: Hegewisch, Ariane, Mefferd, Eve
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
Institute for Women's Policy Research
Statistics
Women
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Summary:New October jobs data show women gained 280,000 (43.9 percent) of 638,000 new non-farm payroll jobs since October. The pace of the recovery has slowed considerably, with jobs growth again smaller than in the previous month. The number of women on non-farm payrolls is still 5.5 million jobs below February's levels, compared with 4.6 million fewer jobs for men.