Weekly Hourly Hiring Report 7/27/2021

How COVID-19 is affecting hourly work

Weekly Hourly Hiring Report 7/27/21

Highlights

Overall jobs are up 67% compared to pre-pandemic norms, seeing 1% month over month growth and 85% year over year growth. Google searches for hourly jobs are down 3% year over year.

As the COVID-19 Delta variant has caused a new surge of cases around the U.S., some local governments and private sector employers are responding in an effort to keep people safe and reduce the likelihood of reinstated business operation restrictions.  Here’s what we’re seeing:

• The CDC is expected to release new guidelines today recommending that even vaccinated people resume wearing masks indoors in some areas of the country. These guidelines may also recommend that students in grades K-12 wear a mask this Fall, regardless of vaccination status.

• In recent weeks, a growing number of cities and towns have updated indoor masking rules. St. Louis, Savannah, New Orleans, Miami, Las Vegas and many California counties are among the places that updated mask mandates or guidelines this month.

• New York City, the Department of Veteran Affairs and the state of California announced plans Monday to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for many of their employees. This is a shift in dealing with vaccine hesitancy. In New York and California, the mandate comes with the option of wearing a mask and receiving testing at least once a week if a worker does not want to be vaccinated.

• The San Francisco Bar Owner Alliance, which includes more than 500 San Francisco bars, announced Monday a new policy requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a 72-hour negative COVID-19 test for entry into their establishments. Unvaccinated customers can still enjoy outdoor dining options.

Jobs

All industry data is from 3/2/20-7/26/21

Here are the latest job numbers by industry:

Quick service restaurant (QSR) jobs are down 22% compared to pre-pandemic norms, seeing a 1% month over month decline and 5% year over year growth.

Sit-down restaurant jobs are down 33% compared to pre-pandemic norms, seeing 8% month over month growth and 17% year over year growth.

Warehouse and logistics jobs are up 226% compared to pre-pandemic norms, seeing a 14% month over month decline and a 145% year over year decline.

Retail jobs are up 5% compared to pre-pandemic norms, seeing a 5% month over month decline and 34% year over year growth.

Grocery jobs are up 79% compared to pre-pandemic norms, seeing a 3% month over month decline and 65% year over year growth.

Hospitality jobs are up 320% compared to pre-pandemic norms, seeing 41% month over month growth and 375% year over year growth.

On demand jobs are up 168% compared to pre-pandemic norms, seeing 8% month over month growth and 199% year over year growth.

Convenience store jobs are down 15% compared to pre-pandemic norms, seeing 4% month over month growth and a 2% year over year decline.

Healthcare jobs are up 106% compared to pre-pandemic norms, 11% month over month growth and 96% year over year growth.

Workers

Google searches for hourly jobs are down 3% year over year.

The bottom line

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