Many of the jobs formed in the last decade in NYC and Los Angeles seems to have been weird and sort of useless to society, so I can see why the unemployment rates are so high.
NYC will likely bounce back but Los Angeles seems to be a futureless city economically. Seems like California is pretty much at the mercy of mainly San Francisco and Santa Clara County tech companies equity prices and the capital gains windfall to the state.
Chicago also seems to have not been impacted as much because Chicago still has economically midwest sensibilities even though Chicago has other issues.
Nebraska and Utah might have lower wages generally but the vast majority of the jobs in those states seem to serve a purpose and are essential for society to operate smoothly.
Looks like Los Angeles economy is not much more than a sham based on unethical companies, multi-level pyramid schemes, people spreading vile liberal agendas with nice looking faces.
It seems like ultimately Los Angeles and many of big cities
The real economies full of essential workers are places like Nebraska, Utah, Alabama, Kentucky hence they have much lower unemployment rates.
https://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.t02.htm
https://www.bls.gov/regions/west/ca_losangeles_md.htm
https://www.bls.gov/regions/mountain...s/utah.htm#eag
https://www.bls.gov/regions/midwest/nebraska.htm#eag
https://www.bls.gov/regions/southeast/kentucky.htm#eag