U.S. Hotel Unemployment Falls Even With Mounting Fears Over Rising Case Counts
Photo Credit: The hotel sector continues to see falling unemployment, but analysts are cautious about winter months and rising case counts. Pixabay / ManuelaJaeger
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The U.S. hotel sector continues to add jobs since its worst-performing month of April, but there are likely a rough few months ahead for unemployment until a vaccine is in widespread distribution.
The U.S. hotel sector continues to see falling unemployment the further it gets from the peak summer travel season. But winter is coming — and not many are rejoicing.
The accommodation sector’s unemployment rate fell to 21.5 percent in November, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. That figure is below the 24.6 percent seen the prior month and well below the nearly 49 percent seen in April, the first full month of the pandemic in the U.S. But hotel unemployment remains significantly out of step with the national average, which fell to 6.7 percent.
The Labor Department noted the overall hospitality sector’s unemployment rate “cha
