If their forecast of 8 million jobs lost in May proves correct, it would come on top of April's loss of 20.5 million jobs the worst monthly loss on record and bring total job cuts in the three months since the viral outbreak intensified to nearly 30 million.
That's more than three times the jobs lost in the 2008-2009 Great Recession.
That is still more than all the jobs lost in the Great Recession.
Oxford Economics, a consulting firm, estimates that the economy will regain 17 million jobs by year's end, a huge increase by historic standards.
Adam Ozimek, chief economist at Upwork, notes that the fastest year for job growth since the Great Recession was 3 million jobs in 2014.