WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
A Look at Hours and Wages
Changes for Early 2021 By Bruce Grindy
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mployment in the senior living in- dustry has trended steadily lower during the coronavirus pandemic.
Beginning in March 2020, senior living payrolls contracted in 12 of the next 14 months. In total, more than 79,000 jobs
were lost during this period: 8.1 percent of the industry’s employment base. As of April 2021, senior living employment was at its lowest level since June 2016. Although overall staffing levels in the senior living industry declined throughout
Trends in Average Weekly Hours Average Sector Senior Living Industry
Continuing Care Retirement Communities Assisted Living Communities
Total U.S. Private Sector
Weekly Hours: 2021: Q1
33.4 33.1 33.7
34.5 Percentage
Change 2020: Q1 to 2021: Q1
1.8% 2.2% 1.5%
1.0% Source: Argentum analysis of data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics; figures are not seasonally adjusted 35 33.4 32.5 30 32.3
Quarterly Averages of Weekly Hours of Senior Living Industry Employees 34.4
32.9 32.4 33.0 32.5 32.5 32.4 33.3 32.4 33.2 33.1 33.9 33.4 33.2
Percentage Change
2018 to 2019
-1.2% -0.9% -0.6%
-0.3%
Percentage Change
2017 to 2018
0.0% -0.6% 0.0%
0.3%
the pandemic, the average number of hours worked by employees trended higher. Senior living employees worked an average of 33.4 hours per week during the first quarter of 2021, which was up 1.8 percent from an average workweek of 32.8 hours during the
34.3 33.1
33.7
25
20 2018:Q4 2019:Q1 2019:Q2 2019:Q3 2019:Q4 Continuing Care Retirement Communities 2020:Q1 2020:Q2 Assisted Living Communities 2020:Q3 2020:Q4 2021:Q1
32 SENIOR LIVING EXECUTIVE JULY/AUGUST 2021
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