Chart: Job change since the start of each of the last four recessions

Figure 5S

Month	1981	1990	2000	2007
0	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
1	99.96%	99.80%	99.79%	100.01%
2	99.87%	99.72%	99.76%	99.95%
3	99.76%	99.57%	99.66%	99.89%
4	99.53%	99.44%	99.58%	99.74%
5	99.23%	99.39%	99.46%	99.60%
6	98.87%	99.28%	99.27%	99.48%
7	98.86%	99.00%	99.03%	99.33%
8	98.72%	98.86%	98.81%	99.14%
9	98.42%	98.67%	98.68%	98.81%
10	98.37%	98.55%	98.57%	98.47%
11	98.10%	98.64%	98.47%	97.92%
12	97.73%	98.61%	98.46%	97.42%
13	97.56%	98.61%	98.40%	96.84%
14	97.36%	98.64%	98.39%	96.33%
15	97.06%	98.66%	98.44%	95.73%
16	96.92%	98.60%	98.37%	95.24%
17	96.91%	98.63%	98.36%	94.98%
18	97.15%	98.68%	98.31%	94.65%
19	97.07%	98.62%	98.41%	94.41%
20	97.26%	98.67%	98.42%	94.25%
21	97.56%	98.81%	98.30%	94.09%
22	97.86%	98.93%	98.37%	93.95%
23	98.28%	98.99%	98.25%	93.94%
24	98.73%	99.05%	98.09%	93.74%
25	98.40%	99.18%	98.06%	93.75%
26	99.61%	99.21%	98.05%	93.72%
27	99.91%	99.37%	98.06%	93.83%
28	100.29%	99.50%	98.08%	94.01%
29		99.69%	98.05%	94.38%
30		99.97%	98.12%	94.29%
31		100.19%	98.27%	94.25%
32			98.28%	94.22%
33			98.38%	94.18%
34			98.50%	94.35%
35			98.53%	94.45%
36			98.78%	94.50%
37			98.97%	94.55%
38			99.20%	94.68%
39			99.26%	94.83%
40			99.28%	95.06%
41			99.38%	95.13%
42			99.50%	95.29%
43			99.76%	95.37%
44			99.81%	95.46%
45			99.91%	95.62%
46			100.01%	95.75%
47			100.19%	95.87%
48				96.01%
49				96.27%
50				96.43%
51				96.61%
52				96.68%
53				96.76%
54				96.82%
55				96.94%
56				97.04%
57				97.16%
58				97.32%
59				97.47%
60				97.62%
61				97.77%
62				97.97%
63				98.07%
64				98.22%
65				98.36%
66				98.51%
67				98.62%
68				98.76%
69				98.88%
70				99.05%
71				99.25%
72				99.31%
73				99.41%
74				99.57%
75				99.72%
76				99.92%
77				100.08%

Source: EPI analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Employment Statistics

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