{
  "notice": "Please credit \"Is software solved?\" and the sources listed in credits when you reuse these numbers. They are our own aggregates. For original records, go to each source.",
  "id": "tech-hiring",
  "name": "Information sector openings",
  "question": "Is the wider tech and media sector hiring?",
  "metric": "US information sector job openings, average over the last 12 months, in thousands",
  "solvedIf": "Openings keep falling",
  "value": "94K",
  "change": "-26%",
  "trend": [
    {
      "label": "2019-12",
      "value": 141
    },
    {
      "label": "2020-01",
      "value": 140
    },
    {
      "label": "2020-02",
      "value": 140
    },
    {
      "label": "2020-03",
      "value": 138
    },
    {
      "label": "2020-04",
      "value": 139
    },
    {
      "label": "2020-05",
      "value": 134
    },
    {
      "label": "2020-06",
      "value": 131
    },
    {
      "label": "2020-07",
      "value": 126
    },
    {
      "label": "2020-08",
      "value": 122
    },
    {
      "label": "2020-09",
      "value": 117
    },
    {
      "label": "2020-10",
      "value": 115
    },
    {
      "label": "2020-11",
      "value": 112
    },
    {
      "label": "2020-12",
      "value": 111
    },
    {
      "label": "2021-01",
      "value": 115
    },
    {
      "label": "2021-02",
      "value": 113
    },
    {
      "label": "2021-03",
      "value": 112
    },
    {
      "label": "2021-04",
      "value": 113
    },
    {
      "label": "2021-05",
      "value": 118
    },
    {
      "label": "2021-06",
      "value": 122
    },
    {
      "label": "2021-07",
      "value": 135
    },
    {
      "label": "2021-08",
      "value": 144
    },
    {
      "label": "2021-09",
      "value": 152
    },
    {
      "label": "2021-10",
      "value": 159
    },
    {
      "label": "2021-11",
      "value": 167
    },
    {
      "label": "2021-12",
      "value": 178
    },
    {
      "label": "2022-01",
      "value": 183
    },
    {
      "label": "2022-02",
      "value": 195
    },
    {
      "label": "2022-03",
      "value": 208
    },
    {
      "label": "2022-04",
      "value": 222
    },
    {
      "label": "2022-05",
      "value": 229
    },
    {
      "label": "2022-06",
      "value": 235
    },
    {
      "label": "2022-07",
      "value": 237
    },
    {
      "label": "2022-08",
      "value": 237
    },
    {
      "label": "2022-09",
      "value": 237
    },
    {
      "label": "2022-10",
      "value": 238
    },
    {
      "label": "2022-11",
      "value": 238
    },
    {
      "label": "2022-12",
      "value": 224
    },
    {
      "label": "2023-01",
      "value": 213
    },
    {
      "label": "2023-02",
      "value": 204
    },
    {
      "label": "2023-03",
      "value": 195
    },
    {
      "label": "2023-04",
      "value": 183
    },
    {
      "label": "2023-05",
      "value": 177
    },
    {
      "label": "2023-06",
      "value": 170
    },
    {
      "label": "2023-07",
      "value": 162
    },
    {
      "label": "2023-08",
      "value": 158
    },
    {
      "label": "2023-09",
      "value": 147
    },
    {
      "label": "2023-10",
      "value": 138
    },
    {
      "label": "2023-11",
      "value": 132
    },
    {
      "label": "2023-12",
      "value": 137
    },
    {
      "label": "2024-01",
      "value": 142
    },
    {
      "label": "2024-02",
      "value": 141
    },
    {
      "label": "2024-03",
      "value": 141
    },
    {
      "label": "2024-04",
      "value": 135
    },
    {
      "label": "2024-05",
      "value": 132
    },
    {
      "label": "2024-06",
      "value": 128
    },
    {
      "label": "2024-07",
      "value": 124
    },
    {
      "label": "2024-08",
      "value": 120
    },
    {
      "label": "2024-09",
      "value": 122
    },
    {
      "label": "2024-10",
      "value": 128
    },
    {
      "label": "2024-11",
      "value": 126
    },
    {
      "label": "2024-12",
      "value": 123
    },
    {
      "label": "2025-01",
      "value": 117
    },
    {
      "label": "2025-02",
      "value": 117
    },
    {
      "label": "2025-03",
      "value": 115
    },
    {
      "label": "2025-04",
      "value": 119
    },
    {
      "label": "2025-05",
      "value": 118
    },
    {
      "label": "2025-06",
      "value": 119
    },
    {
      "label": "2025-07",
      "value": 124
    },
    {
      "label": "2025-08",
      "value": 128
    },
    {
      "label": "2025-09",
      "value": 128
    },
    {
      "label": "2025-10",
      "value": 123
    },
    {
      "label": "2025-11",
      "value": 121
    },
    {
      "label": "2025-12",
      "value": 121
    },
    {
      "label": "2026-01",
      "value": 121
    },
    {
      "label": "2026-02",
      "value": 117
    },
    {
      "label": "2026-03",
      "value": 114
    },
    {
      "label": "2026-04",
      "value": 109
    },
    {
      "label": "2026-05",
      "value": 106
    },
    {
      "label": "2026-06",
      "value": 103
    },
    {
      "label": "2026-07",
      "value": 95
    },
    {
      "label": "2026-08",
      "value": 94
    }
  ],
  "trendLabel": "US information sector job openings, rolling 12-month average, in thousands.",
  "caution": [
    "This is the whole US information sector, including telecoms, publishing, film and broadcasting, not just software. For software roles, see the Jobs signal.",
    "Hiring also moves with the economy and interest rates, not only AI."
  ],
  "score": 40,
  "scoreReason": "Down 61% since ChatGPT launched.",
  "analysis": {
    "title": "How this fits with Jobs",
    "intro": "Both show a big fall since 2022. They differ over the last year because they measure different things.",
    "points": [
      "Since ChatGPT launched, average openings here are down 61%, and Indeed's software postings are down 48%.",
      "The Jobs signal counts software roles on Indeed, up 24% in a year. This one covers the whole sector, including telecoms, publishing and media, and averages 12 noisy months, so it reacts more slowly.",
      "The sector averaged 74K hires and 46K layoffs a month over the same 12 months."
    ]
  },
  "fromHigh": "-61% from high",
  "status": "Hiring less",
  "rule": "Hiring more when average openings are higher than a year before.",
  "direction": "toward",
  "checks": [
    {
      "date": "2026-11-02",
      "value": "94K",
      "change": "-26%",
      "status": "Hiring less"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-11-01",
      "value": "94K",
      "change": "-26%",
      "status": "Hiring less"
    }
  ],
  "url": "/signals/tech-hiring",
  "api": "/api/signals/tech-hiring.json",
  "credits": [
    {
      "name": "BLS job openings and hires",
      "url": "https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/JTU5100JOL",
      "signal": "tech-hiring",
      "license": "Public domain, citation requested",
      "credit": "U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, JOLTS, information sector [JTU5100JOL, JTU5100HIL, JTU5100LDL], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis."
    }
  ]
}