The coronavirus crisis delivered a serious blow to the job market in 2020. By the end of the year, 622,600 jobs had been destroyed and there were 527,900 more people out of work, making a total of 3.71 million unemployed, according to the EPA workforce survey. The jobless rate also reached 16.1%.
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