The extent and distribution of the demand shock has varied across regions, especially among essential occupations.

Change in weekly job postings by occupational group, select regions

Source: PolicyLink/PERE analysis of data from the 2018 5-year American Community Survey microdata from IPUMS USA and Burning Glass Technologies. Note: Universe includes the employed civilian noninstitutional population age 16 or older in occupations with valid data on weekly job openings between 3/2/2020 and 4/13/2020. See methodology for details. Get the data