In what could be the last piece of federal jobs data released this week if the government shuts down, a new report Tuesday showed that the number of available roles remains low for the year, a sign that opportunities continue to dwindle for Americans looking for work.
Tuesday’s Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey showed that the number of available jobs increased slightly to 7.23 million at the end of August from an upwardly revised 7.21 million. Job openings as a share of total employment remain at five-year lows, Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows.
Tuesday’s data further confirmed that the US job market has grown increasingly stagnant. Excluding the onset of the pandemic in early 2020, the rate of hiring fell in August to 3.2%, matching the lowest rate since 2013, BLS data shows.
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