Weekly Hourly Hiring Report 12/1/2020

How COVID-19 is affecting hourly work

Snagajob is here to help you navigate the hourly hiring landscape during this pandemic. Our proprietary data gives us a unique perspective on hourly job trends and we can see how both workers and employers are responding in real-time. One of the most valuable things we can offer you is a view into these insights and hiring trends. We’re here to give you helpful context as you make business decisions. 

Weekly Hourly Hiring Report 12/1/20

Highlights

Jobs are down 19% week over week, down 13% month over month and up 2% since early March.

While the surge in COVID is daunting—hospitalizations are up 50% vs the prior peaks in April and July—the positive vaccine reports enable us to see the light at the end of the tunnel; even if a return to "normal” is likely still months away.

In the midst of this, the economy continues to prove resilient even if fragile. 

Unemployment last month dropped from 6.9% to 6.7%. However, there are still 11M unemployed Americans and 20M receiving benefits—that’s 18.5M more people receiving benefits than this time last year.

We are not optimistic about a new stimulus before the CARES Act benefits expire at the end of this month. The end of 2020 is also when the federal ban on evictions ends, meaning workers who have a tough time paying rent could be in an even more unstable situation.

However, we believe we will see a second stimulus package in early 2021 approaching $1.2-1.5 billion.

Jobs

All industry data is from 3/2/20-11/30/2020

Here are the latest job numbers by industry:

Quick service restaurant (QSR) jobs are up 1% week over week, up 1% month over month and down 27% since early March.

Sit-down restaurant jobs are flat week over week, down 1% month over month and down 51% since early March.

Warehouse and logistics jobs are down 22% week over week, down 132% month over month and up 301% since early March.

Retail jobs are down 5% week over week, up 8% month over month and down  13% since early March.

Grocery jobs are down 2% week over week, flat month over month and up 59% since early March.

Hospitality jobs are down 4% week over week, down 3% month over month and up 8% since early March.

On demand jobs are down 46% week over week, down 38% month over month and up 46% since early March.

Convenience store jobs are flat week over week, down 2% month over month and down 17% since early March.

Healthcare jobs are down 18% week over week, down 5% month over month and up 12% since early March.

What’s happening across America

All state data is from 3/2/20-11/30/2020

Atlanta, GA: Hospitality jobs are down 1% week over week, up 51% since early March. Grocery jobs are up 7% week over week, up 31% since early March. On demand jobs are down 55% week over week, up 2% since early March.

Cleveland, OH: Retail jobs are up 8% week over week, up 68% since early March. Hospitality jobs are down 10% week over week, down 33% since early March. Warehouse and logistics jobs are up 111% week over week, up 89% since early March.

San Diego, CA: Warehouse and logistics jobs are up 42% week over week, down 16% since early March. Hospitality jobs are down 7% week over week, down 61% since early March. On demand jobs are down 37% week over week, up 130% since early March.

Washington, DC: Grocery jobs are down 6% week over week, up 40% since early March. Retail jobs are down 10% week over week, down 46% since early March. Restaurant jobs are down 1% week over week, down 48% since early March.

Workers

All Google data is from 3/8/20-11/27/2020

Google searches for part-time jobs are up 3% week over week, down 23% since early March.

The bottom line

As always, we’re staying tuned to economists, industry leaders and credible data sources—including our own. Plus, we continue to talk to hourly workers and employers to see how they’re feeling about the situation. 

We’ll keep you informed as the job market evolves in the critical weeks ahead with our infographics and weekly report.