The Spread: NY vs U.S. Private Employment, 2010-24

Seasonally Adjusted Totals Indexed: January 2010 = 100

Having suffered a much larger job loss in the spring of 2020, New York is well behind the nation in recovering to pre-pandemic employment levels.
Private employment in New York State as of July 2024 had barely recovered to pre-pandemic levels—but in the U.S. as a whole, the private job count had fully recovered within two years of the COVID-19 outbreak and was back on its 2010-2019 growth track. 
Chart: Empire CenterSource: U.S. BLS and NYSDOL Get the dataCreated with Datawrapper