Job Losses By Company Size: Who Lost The Jobs?
Mike (Mish) Shedlock | May 07, 2020 12:15AM ET
ADP reported a massive decline of over 20 million jobs. Let's investigate losses by the size of the firm.
Earlier today I commented ADP Reports 20 Million Jobs Lost: A Disaster Comparison Three Ways
This is a followup on losses and percentage losses by corporation size.
Nonfarm Private Payrolls March 2020
Nonfarm Private Payrolls April 2020
Change in Nonfarm Payrolls by Company Size
Synopsis
- Workers at the largest companies got hit the least (13.36%).
- Small firms, especially those with 20-49 employees got hit the hardest (21.47%)
The largest firms were the best equipped to offer work at home.
Also, some large firms like Walmart (NYSE:WMT), Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN), Kroger (NYSE:KR), Safeway, and all the food stores were designated critical businesses and stayed open.
Number of Small Businesses
In 2018 the SBA reports there were 30.2 million small businesses with 58.9 million employees.
Millions of small businesses will go bankrupt over this.
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