Money Why hasn’t U.S. recovered all the jobs lost during COVID-19? Because local governments can’t attract workers. July 18, 2022Paul Davidson, USA TODAYComments Off on Why hasn’t U.S. recovered all the jobs lost during COVID-19? Because local governments can’t attract workers. Private sector has regained all 22M jobs lost in COVID and then some. Government is well short, mainly because it's struggling to hire, retain workers