The Employment Situation, April 2020 (USDL-20-0815)

The Employment Situation, April 2020

Bureau of Labor Statistics · United States (Federal)

The COVID Project

Jurisdiction

United States

Level

Federal

Authority

Statistical release (context)

Issued

2020-05-08 May 8, 2020

In force

May 8, 2020 to June 30, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q2

Limitation types

Other

Functions reached

Collection

Retail Trade SEC-07

Enforcement

n/a

Retail trade employment (CES, seasonally adjusted, thousands): Feb. 2020 15,519.2; Apr. 2020 13,246.9; Sept. 2021 15,280.1 (FRED USTRADE).

Retrieval note

bls.gov unreachable (403/DNS); the figures were read from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis FRED text series USTRADE on Sept. 26, 2026.