5,559,000+ jobs in United States (2024)

FAQs

Are there enough jobs in the US? ›

Job openings have outnumbered unemployed people in the US since May 2021. A line chart showing the seasonally-adjusted number of unemployed people per job opening in the US. The line has been below 1 since May 2021. This line represents one open job for every unemployed person.

Right now, the latest data shows that we have 8.8 million job openings in the U.S., but only 6.4 million unemployed workers.

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The most in-demand jobs in the US include information technology and software, engineering, healthcare, finance and accounting, management, human resources, nursing, teaching, marketing and sales, hospitality, and more.

Is America facing a labor shortage? Yes. 4.7 million more job positions are available than people to fill them in the United States, and about 1.7 open jobs exist per unemployed worker.

Current Labor Shortage Stats

According to ManpowerGroup, almost 4 in 5 (77%) employers are struggling to fill job vacancies – that's the highest figure on record since surveys began in 2006. In fact, the number of employers reporting labor shortages has more than doubled since 2015 (38%).

A trio of factors: Layoff spillover, AI and market re-correction. Some experts say that companies and workers are having a hard time meeting each others' needs right now.

Businesses' difficulty hiring has been blamed on a gamut of ills: too-generous unemployment benefits, too many stimulus checks, not enough immigration, too many workers with long COVID, and, finally, simple laziness.

The US economy added just 175,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate rose to 3.9%, according to the latest data from the Labor Department. The latest snapshot on US employment was expected to show that the US economy added 235,000 jobs last month and the jobless rate stayed at 3.8%.

Should I put my salary on USAJOBS? ›

Letters can be sent electronically through the 'Additional Information' field in the USAJOBS résumé. Include salary information on your résumé. This information can be pertinent to help determine current salary requirements. Ensure you list the dates of employment and number of hours worked per week.

Do your due diligence by looking the company up on LinkedIn or looking through the list of employees on the website. Don't hesitate to contact the company to verify whether or not you've been contacted by a real employee. Most of all, never give out personal information through texts or private messages.

What are the highest-paying jobs in America? Unsurprisingly, physicians, surgeons and psychiatrists rank near the top of the list. But chief executives, airline pilots and athletes also rank high. Many of the highest-paying occupations in America are also among the fastest-growing jobs.

The COVID-19 pandemic caused a major disruption in America's labor force—something many have referred to as "The Great Resignation." In 2022, more than 50 million workers quit their jobs, following the 47.8 million who did so in 2021.

Employers added 175,000 jobs in April, a milder pace than in the winter months, though layoffs have remained low and most sectors appear stable. The American job market may be shifting into a lower gear this spring, a turn that economists have expected for months after a vigorous rebound from the pandemic shock.

Household Survey Data

Both the unemployment rate, at 3.9 percent, and the number of unemployed people, at 6.5 million, changed little in April. The unemployment rate has remained in a narrow range of 3.7 percent to 3.9 percent since August 2023. (See table A-1.)

About 1.4 million manufacturing jobs were lost during the COVID-19 pandemic but the industry was already facing a potential labor crisis — a projected 2.1 million unfulfilled jobs by 2030 resulting from a lack of skilled labor, according to a study by the Manufacturing Institute (MI).