Report: Highly vaccinated states see leisure job growth

A new Fitch Ratings report found that leisure and hospitality industry jobs grew faster in states with higher COVID-19 vaccination rates between March and August, compared with jobs in states with lower vaccination rates. “For states with very low vaccination rates and high numbers of Delta [variant] cases, that affected job growth because people pulled back. That fear of infection came back in some of those states,” Fitch’s Olu Sonola said.