'”State and local governments are large employers, accounting for about 13 percent of non-farm jobs in February 2020. It took four more years for state and local governments to return to 2008 employment levels, slowing down the pace of the overall recovery. Hawaiian officials say they don’t expect state revenue to bounce back to pre-pandemic levels until 2024. Education cuts make most local government job losses and nearly all state losses Percent of state and local government jobs lost since Feb., by job type LOCAL GOVERNMENT Apr. Source: Department of Labor THE WASHINGTON POST Education cuts make up the majority of local government job losses and nearly all state government losses Percent of state and local government jobs lost since Feb., by job type LOCAL GOVERNMENT STATE GOVERNMENT Apr.

Source: Washington Post February 15, 2021 12:22 UTC