The Big Apple has clawed back the nearly 1 million jobs that were lost during the COVID-19 pandemic — with the city’s employment levels now at a record high of 4.7 million, Mayor Eric Adams said Friday.

New York City now has 4,709,400 total public and private sector jobs, which is up slightly from the prior all-time high of 4,702,800 total in January 2020, according to new New York State Department of Labor data released late Thursday.

Hizzoner credited the city’s jump in jobs to his administration’s focus on improving public safety — even though crimes rates are yet to drop back to pre pandemic level after surging 23% overall during his first year in office.

“If you can’t get people back on your subway system, then they’re not going to go into offices, they’re not going to go and visit our nightlife associations, our restaurants, where people are going to sit down and feel comfortable enough,” Adams said during an appearance on NY1.

“That was the foundation. We had to make this city safer and we’re accomplishing that every day.”

Adams said the city wasn’t expected to hit pre-pandemic job levels until at least 2025.

“You remember January 1st, 2022? Crime was trending in the wrong direction. No one wanted to be on our subway system. We were hemorrhaging jobs and people were leaving, taking flights to Florida. Well, you know what? They want to be back now,” the mayor said.

“People said that we couldn’t turn this around. They said it was going to take two years longer for us to turn this around.”

Adams added that the city’s economic recovery was also boosted by the 56 million tourists that visited last year — a figure that’s estimated to spike to 65 million this year.

“You’re seeing a city that’s not just surviving, we’re thriving,” Adams said.

Deputy mayor for Housing, Economic Development, and Workforce, Maria Torres-Springer, called the resurgence in jobs a “watershed moment” for the Big Apple.

“Mayor Adams’ economic agenda has powered an historic economic recovery, and we have now recovered the nearly 1 million private sector jobs that were lost during the COVID-19 pandemic,” she said.

“With this momentum, we will continue to focus tirelessly on the fundamentals and build an economy that lifts up New Yorkers across the five boroughs, as well as fortifies New York City’s position as the best place in the world to live, work, play, and study.”