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Indeed’s 2026 US Jobs & Hiring Trends Report: How to Find Stability in Uncertainty

By Allison Shrivastava & Cory Stahle & Daniel Culbertson & Laura Ullrich & Sneha Puri - November 20, 2025
Big changes to the broad economic picture are unlikely — but that doesn’t mean things won’t change.
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Seasonal Hiring Picks Up, but Signs of Hesitance Remain

By Cory Stahle - November 25, 2025
Employers appear to be prioritizing short-term seasonal workers over long-term staffing.

September 2025 Jobs Day Statement: Visibility Remains Limited

By Cory Stahle - November 20, 2025
Headline job gains were encouraging in September, but other data less so. And the roughly seven-week delay in releasing the data limits its usefulness for assessing current conditions.

Labor Market Updates

October 2025 US Labor Market Update: Job Seeker Interest in Holiday Jobs Surges

By Cory Stahle - October 16, 2025
Seasonal work is still out there, but it’s not as easy to come by as it was a few years ago.
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September 2025 Labor Market Update: The Squeeze on New Entrants Mirrors a Marketwide Decline

By Allison Shrivastava - September 25, 2025
Junior postings have declined alongside the overall hiring slowdown, while senior postings have seen modest growth.
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August 2025 Labor Market Update: How Healthcare Roles (and the Women Who Occupy Them) Are Propping Up the Labor Market

By Laura Ullrich - August 26, 2025
Lopsided market dynamics favor healthcare workers over others at the moment, concentrating job growth in a handful of sectors and leaving many workers on the outside looking in.
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July 2025 US Labor Market Update: Wage Growth Is Outpacing Inflation, but Not for Everyone

By Cory Stahle - July 24, 2025
Recent wage growth has been higher for the highest-paid workers, threatening to leave many behind if annual inflation reignites.
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June 2025 Labor Market Update: When Numbers Don’t Tell the Whole Story

By Allison Shrivastava - June 24, 2025
The headline hires and unemployment numbers tell one story, but the lived experiences of many Americans paint a more complicated — and somber — picture.
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May 2025 US Labor Market Update: What Indeed’s Data Reveals About the Early Impact of Changing Policies on the Job Market

By Cory Stahle - May 22, 2025
Indeed’s real-time job posting data shows emerging weakness in the R&D sector and the D.C. region.
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