March 2022 Jobs Recap: Active job listings grew by 3.7%
With more job listings across the majority of areas, occupations, and industries last month, the first quarter of 2022 in the U.S. ended on a green note.
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Active job listings grew by 3.7% in March, a higher rate of growth than in previous months. All states saw strong job demand growth to end the quarter, with 26% of states seeing job listings increase more than 5%.
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In March, job listings also increased by more than 5% at 52% of occupations. Occupations with the largest increase in job listings:
- Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations (+9.9%)
- Educational Instruction and Library Occupations (+9.2%)
- Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (+8.2%)
Occupations with decreasing job listings:
- Personal Care and Service (-8.9%)
- Food Preparation and Serving Related (-2.1%)
- Management (-0.1%)
A substantial 89% of industries increased their job listing last month, and at higher rates of growth too—with 47% of industries increasing listings by over 5% compared to the previous month.
Industries feeling the largest swell in open positions lately:
- Management of Companies and Enterprises (+12.7%)
- Real Estate and Rental and Leasing (+11.3%)
In fact, the only industries with a decline in listings were Accommodation and Food Services (-2.4%), and Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services (-0.1%).
See our recently released Q1 2022 Economic Indicator Report for more recent data details.
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