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title: "Nation’s Restaurant News: Restaurants Lose 105K Jobs in September After Hurricanes"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/1f4de0d8-6d86-427a-bd6c-0fd0cd3168ce
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/nations-restaurant-news-restaurants-lose-105k-jobs-in-september-after-hurricanes-2704580
category: "Restaurants"
industry: "Restaurants"
topics: ["Regulation & legal"]
published: 2017-10-11T15:10:47.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:11:39.166Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/595d11010180eae0b3c46308bc4f1f1a5026.jpg
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# Nation’s Restaurant News: Restaurants Lose 105K Jobs in September After Hurricanes

**TL;DR:** The restaurant industry lost 105,000 jobs in September due to the impact of Hurricane Harvey and Irma. The loss was the biggest one-month loss in the sector's history.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2017-10-11. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/nations-restaurant-news-restaurants-lose-105k-jobs-in-september-after-hurricanes-2704580).*

## Story

Both Hurricane Harvey and Irma significantly affected this past month’s jobs report. According to a recent Nation’s Restaurant News article, jobs declined by 33,000 in September, which was the first employment decline since 2010.

During the month, the restaurant industry alone lost 105,000 jobs from the impact of the of the hurricanes. And in fact, this loss was the biggest one-month loss in the sector in the history of the report.

Before the storms hit, the restaurant industry was trending up in terms of job growth and since February 2010, 2.5 million workers have been added by restaurants.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- restaurant industry (topic)
- Nation's Restaurant News (publication)
- job loss (topic)
- Hurricane Harvey (location)
- hurricane impact (topic)
- Hurricane Irma (location)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/nations-restaurant-news-restaurants-lose-105k-jobs-in-september-after-hurricanes-2704580). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/1f4de0d8-6d86-427a-bd6c-0fd0cd3168ce).