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US Q4 2024 Business-to-Business Labor Market Update: Software Development Postings Remain in the Doldrums

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By Daniel Culbertson - February 6, 2025

Large group of students in the classroom. Focus is on person reading a book with his friend.

State of the Labor Market

US Q4 2024 Transportation Labor Market Update: Transportation Continues to Slow, While Driving Wages All but Stop

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By Daniel Culbertson - February 6, 2025

Mechanic checking oil in garage

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US Q4 2024 Retail Labor Market Update: Retail Job Postings Slip Below Pre-Pandemic Levels

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By Daniel Culbertson - February 6, 2025

Food service worker plating an order at a restaurant

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US Q4 2024 Healthcare Labor Market Update: Healthcare Demand Remains Strong

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By Daniel Culbertson - February 6, 2025

Group of people practicing CPR

State of the Labor Market

December 2024 JOLTS Report: Resting on a Stable Foundation

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By Cory Stahle - February 4, 2025

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State of the Labor Market

January 2025 Employment Cost Index: Slower, but Solid and Sustainable

Line graph titled “Look for the underlying trend in a less volatile measure.” With a y-axis ranging from 2% to 6%, the graph charts wages and salaries for private sector, ex-incentive paid occupations, for both year-over-year and quarterly annualized % change, from Q1 2018 to Q4 2024. Pay growth has been slowing in both quarterly and year-over-year measures.

By Cory Stahle - January 31, 2025

Line graph titled “Look for the underlying trend in a less volatile measure.” With a y-axis ranging from 2% to 6%, the graph charts wages and salaries for private sector, ex-incentive paid occupations, for both year-over-year and quarterly annualized % change, from Q1 2018 to Q4 2024. Pay growth has been slowing in both quarterly and year-over-year measures.

State of the Labor Market

January 2025 FOMC Reaction: Unrushed and Careful

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By Cory Stahle - January 29, 2025

Finance executive looking at report in office

State of the Labor Market

Hiring Lab & World Economic Forum Joint Research Shows How Humans Will Remain an Essential Part of the Global Workforce as AI Evolves

Children working on robotic projects around a table in classroom

By Annina Hering & Arcenis Rojas - January 28, 2025

Children working on robotic projects around a table in classroom

State of the Labor Market

January 2025 US Labor Market Update: Signing Bonus Usage Has Fallen but Remains High

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By Cory Stahle - January 28, 2025

Professional giving a presentation to colleagues in a meeting

State of the Labor Market

Hiring Lab’s Global Jobs & Hiring Trends Reports for 2025

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By Alexandre Judes & Allison Shrivastava & Callam Pickering & Cory Stahle & Daniel Culbertson & Jack Kennedy & Lisa Feist & Yusuke Aoki - January 15, 2025

Person looking through a glass window over a city landscape

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