The Bay Area still lags behind the state and the nation in recovering jobs lost to the pandemic, but is climbing closer to full recovery
Employment as a share of pre-pandemic (February 2020) employment, as of June 2024
Apr
2020
Jul
Oct
Jan
2021
Apr
Jul
Oct
Jan
2022
Apr
Jul
Oct
Jan
2023
Apr
Jul
Oct
Jan
2024
Apr
−14.0
−12.0
−10.0
−8.0
−6.0
−4.0
−2.0
0.0
2.0
4.0%
California (2.1%)
Bay Area (-1.3%)
USA (4.2%)