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Tech industry job gains offset by slowdowns in other tech employment measures. Here is the report: ➡️ Technology services and software development occupations continue to lead new hiring, a positive sign for the small and medium-size segment of the sector. ➡️ The total base of US tech industry employment stands at approximately 5.6 million workers. ➡️ That positive result was countered by the loss of 22,000 tech occupations throughout the economy. ➡️ The tech unemployment rate experienced an unexpected jump to 3.7%, moving directionally with the national unemployment rate increase for the month. ➡️ New employer job postings for tech positions totaled nearly 200,000 in June, down slightly month-over-month. ➡️ In total there were more than 444,600 active tech job postings for the month and 2.5 million for the year. ➡️ 46% of all active tech job postings in June did not specify that candidates have a four-year degree. ➡️ The percentage was higher for several key tech positions, including network support specialists (90%), IT support specialists (73%), network and systems administrators (54%), network architects (50%) and database administrators (50%). - Source: CompTIA's analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics - #Tech #JobsReport

  • The tech industry added an estimated 7,540 net new workers in June, the biggest monthly increase in 2024.

Technology services and software development occupations continue to lead new hiring, a positive sign for the small and medium-size segment of the sector. The total base of US tech industry employment stands at approximately 5.6 million workers.

That positive result was countered by the loss of 22,000 tech occupations throughout the economy.2 The tech unemployment rate experienced an unexpected jump to 3.7%, moving directionally with the national unemployment rate increase for the month.

New employer job postings for tech positions totaled nearly 200,000 in June, down slightly month-over-month. In total there were more than 444,600 active tech job postings for the month and 2.5 million for the year.

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