Since the start of the pandemic, women have lost 5.4 million net jobs, compared with 4.4 million jobs lost by men

Men and women's total nonfarm payroll employment, 2020

Chart: Center for American Progress Source: Authors' calculations based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, "Current Employment Statistics, Table B-5 and Table B-1, Series Codes: CES0000000010, CES0000000001," available at https://www.bls.gov/webapps/legacy/cesbtab5.htm (last accessed January 2021).