After losing nearly 400,000 jobs during the pandemic, rehiring in the child care industry has plateaued

Number of child care workers, seasonally adjusted

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Chart: Center for American Progress Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, "BLS Data Viewer: All employees, child day care services, seasonally adjusted," available at https://beta.bls.gov/dataViewer/view/timeseries/CES6562440001 (last accessed January 2021).