Pittsburgh Restaurant Jobs Down 35 Percent During Pandemic | Pittsburgh, PA Patch

PITTSBURGH, PA — Plenty of anecdotal evidence exists that the coronavirus outbreak has taken a terrible toll on Pittsburgh-area bars and restaurants and their employees. But a new University of Pittsburgh study quantifies the staggering number of industry jobs lost locally as a result of the pandemic.

Pitt’s Center for Social & Urban Research found that more than 31,000 bar and restaurant workers lost their jobs between October 2019 and October 2020. The industry has gone from employing 88,000 to 57,000, a decline of 35 percent.

Those declines could increase after Gov. Tom Wolf announced a three-week statewide restriction on indoor dining beginning Saturday because of a coronavirus surge in Pennsylvania. Dining and other mitigation measures were announced as officials have become increasingly concerned hospitals soon could run out of available beds for patients and staff to provide treatment.

Source: Pittsburgh Restaurant Jobs Down 35 Percent During Pandemic | Pittsburgh, PA Patch

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