Hiring
Job postings move weeks before payrolls do. Where employers are hiring and where they are pulling back, by country and by occupation, from Indeed’s postings.
US postings
103.8
Feb 1, 2020 = 100
Over 4 weeks
+1.4%
To Oct 2
Over a year
+2.5%
Seasonally adjusted
New postings
99.4
Up 7 days or fewer
US job postings, two years
Weekly, seasonally adjusted, February 1, 2020 = 100Indeed Hiring Lab, CC BY 4.0 · read Oct 7, 8:28 PM EDT · data to Oct 2, 2026
By country
Change in the postings level over each period| Country | Level | 4 weeks | 13 weeks | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 103.8 | +1.4% | +2.7% | +2.5% |
| Canada | 101.4 | +2.0% | +5.2% | +2.0% |
| United Kingdom | 68.1 | −1.2% | +3.1% | −10.4% |
| Germany | 103.5 | −1.5% | −1.0% | −10.7% |
| France | 90.1 | −3.0% | −4.7% | −16.9% |
| Italy | 142.1 | +2.6% | +7.7% | −11.4% |
| Spain | 144.9 | +0.8% | −1.0% | −4.6% |
| Netherlands | 111.7 | −1.5% | −1.9% | −9.9% |
| Ireland | 98.8 | 0.0% | +4.4% | −6.3% |
| Australia | 154.2 | +3.1% | +5.9% | +2.8% |
A level above 100 means more postings than on February 1, 2020; the levels are not comparable across countries, the changes are.
By occupation, United States
Data to Oct 2, 2026Falling fastest over a year
| Occupation | Level | 13 weeks | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dental | 117.0 | +4.2% | −14.9% |
| Childcare | 84.2 | −6.2% | −12.5% |
| Education & Instruction | 107.1 | −6.8% | −9.5% |
| Driving | 80.9 | −2.5% | −9.2% |
| Community & Social Service | 104.6 | +3.2% | −6.5% |
| Social Science | 125.5 | +2.3% | −6.3% |
| Accounting | 104.0 | +12.5% | −6.2% |
| Medical Information | 89.0 | −2.9% | −6.2% |
Rising fastest over a year
| Occupation | Level | 13 weeks | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mechanical Engineering | 167.9 | +13.2% | +43.0% |
| Industrial Engineering | 123.1 | +13.0% | +36.5% |
| Electrical Engineering | 152.0 | +13.9% | +30.7% |
| Software Development | 78.3 | +6.1% | +21.7% |
| Scientific Research & Development | 83.3 | +7.2% | +19.7% |
| Project Management | 118.2 | +8.9% | +18.6% |
| Human Resources | 97.8 | +4.8% | +15.6% |
| Arts & Entertainment | 87.8 | +7.2% | +14.0% |
What postings can and cannot say
Indeed counts the job ads on its own site, seasonally adjusts each series and averages it over seven days. Postings turn before hiring does, which is why they lead payrolls; but a posting is not a hire, a job or a wage, and employers who hire without Indeed are not in it.
The occupation split is Indeed’s own grouping of normalised job titles. Read a sector’s change, not its level: a sector at 160 has grown since 2020, not become three times the size of one at 55.
ARCANE reporting
No published ARCANE story is on hiring yet.