LinkedIn Workforce Report | United States | August 2021

Over 176 million workers in the U.S. have LinkedIn profiles; over 97,000 companies in the U.S. use LinkedIn to recruit and members can add over 38,000 skills to their profiles to showcase their professional brands. That gives us unique and valuable insight into U.S. workforce trends.

This LinkedIn Workforce Report is a monthly report on employment trends in the U.S. workforce. It’s divided into two sections: a National section that provides insights into hiring and migration trends across the country, and a City section that provides insights into localized employment trends in 20 of the largest U.S. metro areas: Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland-Akron, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Nashville, New York City, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, St. Louis, and Washington, D.C.

Our vision is to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Whether you’re a worker, an employer, a new grad, or a policymaker, we hope you’ll use these insights to better understand and navigate the dynamics of today’s economy.

Our vision is to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Whether you’re a worker, an employer, a new grad, or a policymaker, we hope you’ll use these insights to better understand and navigate the dynamics of today’s economy.

Key Insights

• July hiring down from June: Across all industries, national hiring in the U.S. was 5.8% lower in July 2021 compared to last month. National hiring in July was 38.3% higher compared to July 2020, but down 5.3% from pre-COVID levels in February 2020. The job market recovery is still moving much faster than at the beginning of the year, despite uneven gains.
• Strong gains in hard-hit Recreation & Travel: This month we saw hiring in 4 out of our 24 industries hit their strongest hiring levels since the pandemic began. The industries with the most notable hiring shifts month-to-month in July were Arts (8.9% higher); Recreation & Travel (3.1% higher); and Hardware & Networking (1.3% higher). Notably, hiring in Recreation & Travel was also 33.4% higher than pre-COVID levels, the strongest out of all industries we track.
• Major coastal cities making headway, but still trailing pre-COVID hiring: The cities with the most notable hiring shifts month-to-month in July were New York City (5.1% higher); Miami-Ft. Lauderdale (1.6% higher); and Minneapolis-St. Paul (1.6% higher). While coastal tech hubs are starting to see recent gains, New York City and San Francisco are still lagging 8.3% and 13.5% behind their pre-COVID hiring levels.

Hiring

The LinkedIn hiring rate is a measure of hires divided by LinkedIn membership. Nationally, across all industries, hiring in the U.S. was 5.8% lower in July compared to last month June 2021. National hiring was 38.3% higher in July compared to last year July 2020.

The industries with the most notable hiring shifts month-to-month in July were Arts (8.9% higher); Recreation & Travel (3.1% higher); and Hardware & Networking (1.3% higher).

Table 1: Hiring on LinkedIn, by Industry, through July 2021

Migration

The U.S. cities losing the most people are State College-DuBois, PA; College Station-Bryan, TX; and Lafayette, IN. For every 10,000 LinkedIn members in State College-DuBois, PA, 260 left in the past 12 months.

The U.S. cities gaining the most people are Austin, TX; North Port-Sarasota, FL; and Nashville, TN. For every 10,000 LinkedIn members in Austin, TX, 140 arrived in the last 12 months.

Check out our reports for Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland-Akron, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Nashville, New York City, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, St. Louis, and Washington, D.C.., to see which jobs are open.