A study by the U.S. Travel Association reports the hospitality and leisure industries have been hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. That sector — which includes restaurants, bars, clubs, hotels, and cafes — endured over one-third of all job losses in the United States, even though it comprises just 11 percent of the country’s workforce.
The report also shows how U.S.’s entire hospitality industry lost half of all jobs in March and April, while hiring slowed from 2 million new jobs in June to 600,000 new jobs by mid-summer. In early July, Los Angeles city controller Ron Galperin released his own jobs study illustrating how LA’s food service industry netted the most losses, shedding 75,000 jobs.
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