State of the Labor Market

State of the Labor Market
The Goalposts Moved: Interpreting the Labor Market in a New Era of Constrained Labor Supply
A group of colleagues of varying ages sit around a conference table in a sunlit office, with an older woman holding her glasses while speaking, surrounded by others smiling and listening.
By Felix Aidala & Laura Ullrich & Sneha Puri - September 10, 2026
A group of colleagues of varying ages sit around a conference table in a sunlit office, with an older woman holding her glasses while speaking, surrounded by others smiling and listening.
State of the Labor Market
August 2026 Jobs Report: Rebound Without Real Relief
Bar graph titled “Payroll growth by industry sector” shows the month-over-month change in thousands of nonfarm payroll jobs in August 2026. Information and Financial Activities saw declines, while all other sectors posted increases, with Leisure & Hospitality leading the gain by adding 62,000 jobs.
By Laura Ullrich - September 4, 2026
Bar graph titled “Payroll growth by industry sector” shows the month-over-month change in thousands of nonfarm payroll jobs in August 2026. Information and Financial Activities saw declines, while all other sectors posted increases, with Leisure & Hospitality leading the gain by adding 62,000 jobs.
State of the Labor Market
July 2026 JOLTS Report: Little Changed. Again.
Line chart titled “The hires rate turned back down in July” shows gross hiring as a percent of employment as a monthly rate and a 3-month moving average from January 2018 through July 2026 using data from the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. The hires rate had begun to improve in recent months after bottoming out at around 3.2% late last year, but fell again to 3.2% in the latest reading.
By Sneha Puri - September 1, 2026
Line chart titled “The hires rate turned back down in July” shows gross hiring as a percent of employment as a monthly rate and a 3-month moving average from January 2018 through July 2026 using data from the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. The hires rate had begun to improve in recent months after bottoming out at around 3.2% late last year, but fell again to 3.2% in the latest reading.
State of the Labor Market
Labor Market Tightness: Where Is It Easiest — and Hardest — to Find a Job Right Now?
An aerial view of a downtown skyline at sunset, dominated by a pointed pyramid-shaped skyscraper among dense high-rise office buildings, with residential neighborhoods and hills visible in the distance.
By Cory Stahle - August 25, 2026
An aerial view of a downtown skyline at sunset, dominated by a pointed pyramid-shaped skyscraper among dense high-rise office buildings, with residential neighborhoods and hills visible in the distance.
State of the Labor Market
US Labor Market Snapshot — August 2026
By Indeed Hiring Lab - August 24, 2026
State of the Labor Market
US Labor Market Quarterly Verticals for Q2 2026
A person in a white shirt gestures toward a large screen displaying financial and growth charts, including a line graph, wave chart, bar chart, and radial data visualization.
By Daniel Culbertson - August 18, 2026
A person in a white shirt gestures toward a large screen displaying financial and growth charts, including a line graph, wave chart, bar chart, and radial data visualization.
State of the Labor Market
July 2026 Jobs Report: Unexpected Turbulence
Bar chart titled “Payroll growth by industry sector,” showing the month-over-month change in thousands of nonfarm payroll jobs in July 2026. The largest declines were seen in Government and Leisure & Hospitality, while Construction and Private Education & Health Services showed the largest gains.
By Cory Stahle - August 7, 2026
Bar chart titled “Payroll growth by industry sector,” showing the month-over-month change in thousands of nonfarm payroll jobs in July 2026. The largest declines were seen in Government and Leisure & Hospitality, while Construction and Private Education & Health Services showed the largest gains.
State of the Labor Market
Q2 2026 Productivity and Costs Release: Productivity Keeps Growing, but Workers Aren’t Getting the Gains
A businessman in a blue shirt and tie reviews documents with charts while writing in a notebook at his desk.
By Sneha Puri - August 6, 2026
A businessman in a blue shirt and tie reviews documents with charts while writing in a notebook at his desk.
State of the Labor Market
Economists Expect a Cooled Labor Market and an AI Reshuffling of White-Collar Work
Medical staff in scrubs meeting around a boardroom table with laptops and notebooks, with one woman in green scrubs wearing an ID badge.
By Laura Ullrich & Svenja Gudell - August 5, 2026
Medical staff in scrubs meeting around a boardroom table with laptops and notebooks, with one woman in green scrubs wearing an ID badge.
State of the Labor Market
June 2026 JOLTS Report: The Labor Market is a Duck on a Pond
Line chart titled “Job openings and postings track each other” shows the indexed level of Indeed Job Postings and JOLTS job openings from January 2020 to June 2026, where 100 = the level as of January 31, 2020. Both series peaked in mid-2022 before declining to hover around 100 in recent months.
By Sneha Puri - August 4, 2026
Line chart titled “Job openings and postings track each other” shows the indexed level of Indeed Job Postings and JOLTS job openings from January 2020 to June 2026, where 100 = the level as of January 31, 2020. Both series peaked in mid-2022 before declining to hover around 100 in recent months.
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