Cleveland’s employment recovery among slowest in U.S., Fed report reveals
A new Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland analysis shows the city's job market remains below pre-pandemic levels four years after COVID-19's onset.
Cleveland has one of the slowest job recoveries in the country since the beginning of the pandemic. (Lisa DeJong/The Plain Dealer)The Plain Dealer
CLEVELAND, Ohio - Four years after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Cleveland still did not fully recovered its employment levels and had one of the slowest recoveries among large metropolitan areas in the United States, according to a new report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.
The Cleveland metropolitan area, which includes Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina and Ashtabula counties, saw an employment change of -1% from Feb. 2020 to March 2024, according to the report that uses data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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