Half Of U.S. Adults Laid Off During COVID-19 Still Unemployed
According to a recent survey, approximately 50% of adults in the United States who say they lost one of the approximately 22 million jobs due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak are still unemployed, according to a new Pew Research Center study. Approximately 56% of upper- and middle-income adults who lost a job due to the coronavirus have returned to their old job or gotten a new one. Approximately 43% of lower-income adults have been able to return to …
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