New Mexico has totally wiped out — and exceeded — its COVID-era job losses and private employers are setting new records for job creation each quarter.
New Mexico reported the loss of 104,000 jobs between March and April 2020 as pandemic-era closures forced many public and private employers deemed non-essential to close.
But new data from the State Department of Workforce Solutions shows that employment levels have recovered and even exceeded pre-COVID levels, boosted by record private sector job creation.
Private employers have reported adding back more than 126,000 new jobs since April 2020 – more than wiping out pandemic losses. Other sectors, mostly including public and education jobs, have also recovered.
All total, 890,000 New Mexicans received a paycheck in June. That’s a new record for the number of working individuals in the state.
