Women have lost more jobs than men during this recession, and this gap persists as the economy regains jobs

Number of jobs lost each month after the employment peak in each of the last four recessions by gender, in thousands of persons

Chart: Center for American Progress Source: Authors' calculations based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, "Current Employment Statistics, Table B-5, Series Codes: CES0000000010, CES0000000001," available at https://www.bls.gov/webapps/legacy/cesbtab5.htm (last accessed October 2020).