United States | January 2020

Gross hiring in the U.S. was 9.3% higher than in December 2018, and seasonally-adjusted national hiring was 1.5% higher in December from November 2019. Industries with notable hiring gains month-to-month in December include: Finance, Corporate Services and Retail. Agriculture posted a notable dip in hiring, down 2.5% year-over-year and 3.6% month-to-month. LinkedIn Editor George Anders also took a closer look at 12 cities where average hiring rates have climbed by at least 6.5% from last year.

United States | December 2019

Gross hiring across all industries in the U.S. was 3.9% lower this month than in October 2018. LinkedIn Editor George Anders took a closer look at the transportation industry in his #AmericaAtWork series this month, revealing the top cities where transportation jobs are booming and the fastest-growing jobs in the industry.

United States | November 2019

Gross hiring across all industries in the U.S. was 3.9% lower this month than in October 2018. LinkedIn Editor George Anders took a closer look at the transportation industry in his #AmericaAtWork series this month, revealing the top cities where transportation jobs are booming and the fastest-growing jobs in the industry.

United States | October 2019

Seasonally-adjusted national hiring was 1.1% higher in September from August 2019. LinkedIn Editor George Anders took a closer look at migration and housing cost data in his #AmericaAtWork series this month, revealing the tipping point for when a city becomes too unaffordable to attract and keep talent.

United States | September 2019

Nationally, gross hiring in the U.S. showed slight year-over-year gains. Despite national hiring rates continuing to climb, the manufacturing and agriculture industries have been steadily declining since March 2018. Metro areas in the southern United States are seeing some of the sharpest drops in the manufacturing hiring rate.

United States | August 2019

Nationally, across all industries, gross hiring in July was 3.9% higher than it was last year. For the 13th consecutive month, Austin outpaced the rest of the country in gaining new workers -- and the rate of workers moving to Austin is now 1.59 times greater than the next-largest gainer, Denver. Philadelphia posted the largest skills surpluses this month.

United States | July 2019

Hiring saw a slight uptick in June. Hot hiring markets include smaller cities with large concentrations of Boomers and retirees. Workers leaving the largest U.S. cities are increasingly relocating to smaller cities in Florida and other Sunbelt states. Health Care is the most popular industry attracting these workers from the largest U.S. cities.

United States | June 2019

Overall hiring is down in May, but the challenges aren’t evenly distributed across industries. Software & IT services and corporate services industries saw significant hiring gains, but export-producing goods industries like agriculture and manufacturing are facing rapid declines in hiring. High-growth startups are also fueling hiring, driven by San Francisco and New York. Secondary markets like Provo, Atlanta and Denver are also producing a high volume of high-growth startups.

United States | May 2019

Hiring is down across the Midwest. Midwest may lose workers to major cities in the Southwest and West Coast. Flooding dealt another blow to the already struggling agriculture industry.

United States | April 2019

Hiring is down across the Midwest. Midwest may lose workers to major cities in the Southwest and West Coast. Flooding dealt another blow to the already struggling agriculture industry.

United States | March 2019

U.S. Hiring Continues to Soften. Evolving Nature of Work.

United States | February 2019

Ongoing instability may cause a public sector brain drain. Federal employees are open to new opportunities. Mild slowdown of national hiring may have bottomed out.

United States | January 2019

U.S. hiring slows modestly. Business skills surge in importance in traditional finance hubs. Coastal workers are meeting in the middle.

United States | December 2018

U.S. hiring levels off in 2018. A tightening labor market leads to significant skills shortages. Austin and Denver topple Seattle as cities attracting the most workers.

United States | November 2018

US hiring levels off. San Francisco has the nation’s largest skills gap. Austin, Denver, and Nashville continue to attract workers.

United States | October 2018

US hiring growth shows signs of leveling off. Nashville, Charlotte, and Las Vegas surpass Seattle as top destinations. Cities on the rise show growth in tech and retail.

United States | September 2018

Agriculture hiring is growing. Retail on the rebound. They’re not in Wichita, Kansas, anymore.

United States | August 2018

Summer of strong hiring continues through July. Austin’s job market has never been hotter. Demand for data scientists is off the charts.

United States | July 2018

Despite dip, June hiring remains strong. Chinese retaliatory tariffs may exacerbate job losses in cities already losing workers. Finding bright spots in the dimming telecommunications industry.

United States | June 2018

Oil industry turns up the heat on hiring, and Houston’s skills surplus is tightening accordingly. When a city is synonymous with a single industry, boom and bust cycles have outsized impact.

United States | May 2018

Hiring strong and stable through April. The U.S. needs 230,000 more people with marketing skills. Americans are moving from high-tax states to low-tax states.

United States | April 2018

Hiring keeps up the pace through March. The best U.S. cities for green jobs. No, San Franciscans are not fleeing to the Midwest.

United States | March 2018

February hiring remains strong after January’s spike. Banks are hiring, but it’s not only where you’d expect. Growing cities need teachers.

United States | February 2018

2018 is off to an incredibly strong start for hiring. Accountants benefit the most from the new tax bill. More and more people are betting on Las Vegas.