Online Job Ads Decreased 45,800 in June

Staff Report

Friday, July 7th, 2017

Online advertised vacancies decreased 45,800 to 4,763,400 in June, according to The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine Data Series. The May Supply/Demand rate stands at 1.43 unemployed for each advertised vacancy, with a total of 2.1 million more unemployed workers than the number of advertised vacancies. The number of unemployed was approximately 6.9 million in May.

The Professional occupational category saw losses in Healthcare Practitioners (-27.7), Business and Financial Operations (-16.3), and Computer and Math (-11.5). The Services/Production occupational category saw gains in Food Preparation (23.3) and Transportation (6.3) and losses in Office and Administrative Support (-8.8).