State of the Labor Market

State of the Labor Market

March 2026 FOMC Reaction: Hold On to Your Hats

Speaker giving talk in front of employees in the office

By Felix Aidala - March 18, 2026

Speaker giving talk in front of employees in the office

Pay and Benefits

State of the Labor Market

Advertised Wage Growth Has Still Not Caught Up With Post-Pandemic Inflation in Some Countries

Coworkers gathered for a meeting around a round table in the office. They are smiling.

By Guillermo Gallacher & Pawel Adrjan - March 18, 2026

Coworkers gathered for a meeting around a round table in the office. They are smiling.

State of the Labor Market

January 2026 JOLTS Report: Waiting to Exhale

Line graph titled “The quits rate is below its pre-pandemic level” shows the quits as a percentage of employment from January 2019 to January 2026, represented by two lines, one tracking the three-month average and the other the quits rate.

By Laura Ullrich - March 13, 2026

Line graph titled “The quits rate is below its pre-pandemic level” shows the quits as a percentage of employment from January 2019 to January 2026, represented by two lines, one tracking the three-month average and the other the quits rate.

State of the Labor Market

February 2026 Jobs Report: An Overwhelmingly Disappointing Report

Bar chart titled “Payroll growth by industry sector” shows the month-over-month change in thousands of jobs between January 2026 and February 2026.

By Cory Stahle - March 6, 2026

Bar chart titled “Payroll growth by industry sector” shows the month-over-month change in thousands of jobs between January 2026 and February 2026.

Occupation Spotlight

State of the Labor Market

We Can’t All Be Nurses

Healthcare receptionist checking in patient at window

By Felix Aidala & Sneha Puri - March 3, 2026

Healthcare receptionist checking in patient at window

State of the Labor Market

US Labor Market Quarterly Verticals for Q4 2025

Colleagues conversing in modern open office

By Daniel Culbertson - February 20, 2026

Colleagues conversing in modern open office

State of the Labor Market

February 2026 US Labor Market Update: New Year, Same Resolutions

Two people interviewing in the office

By Laura Ullrich & Sneha Puri - February 19, 2026

Two people interviewing in the office

State of the Labor Market

January 2026 Jobs Report: Revisions to 2025 Data Made an Already Bad Year Worse

By Laura Ullrich - February 11, 2026

State of the Labor Market

December 2025 JOLTS Report: Balance or Breaking Point?

Line graph titled “The US shed 900,000 job openings in the last two months of 2025” showing the number of job openings by the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey on a monthly and three-month average basis.

By Cory Stahle - February 5, 2026

Line graph titled “The US shed 900,000 job openings in the last two months of 2025” showing the number of job openings by the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey on a monthly and three-month average basis.

State of the Labor Market

Jobs Day Data Is on Hold, and the Labor Market May Be Too

Line graph title “Job openings and postings track each other” shows the Indeed Job Postings Index and JOLTS Job Openings (from US Bureau of Labor Statistics data), indexed to January 31, 2020, largely tracking each other from 2020 to 2025.

By Cory Stahle & Laura Ullrich - February 3, 2026

Line graph title “Job openings and postings track each other” shows the Indeed Job Postings Index and JOLTS Job Openings (from US Bureau of Labor Statistics data), indexed to January 31, 2020, largely tracking each other from 2020 to 2025.

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