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Job openings in April surged to 7.6 million, the highest in nearly two years
Employers posted 7.6 million vacancies, defying forecasts for a third straight monthly decline as economists pointed to labor market resilience.
- U.S. job vacancies surged by 731,000 to reach 7.6 million in April, marking an unexpected rebound to the highest level of labor demand since mid-2024 despite persistent macro economic headwinds.
- The data heavily beat economist expectations of 6.8 million to 6.9 million open positions, defying concerns that the broader economic fallout and rising energy costs from the conflict with Iran would depress hiring markets.
- Virtually the entire monthly increase was driven by the professional and business services sector, which added 668,000 vacancies to hit a three-year peak, comfortably offsetting a notable 135,000 decline in finance and insurance openings.
- The broader labor market settled into a distinct "low-hire, low-fire" dynamic, with actual gross hiring dropping to 5.1 million and layoffs remaining historically constrained at 1.7 million as both workers and employers largely avoided making sudden moves.
- The unexpected job openings surge was heavily concentrated among the nation's largest corporate giants, while hiring demand at small and midsize employers—which make up roughly 90% of the aggregate data—remained relatively flat and stable.
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