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WASHINGTON -- U.S. employers posted fewer job openings in August, but the American labor market remains resilient in the face of higher energy costs caused by the fighting with Iran.U.S. job openings slid to 7.08 million from a revised 7.34 million in July, the Labor Department reported Tuesday. Openings came in below the 7.2 million that forecasters had expected.The department's Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) also showed that layoffs fell and the number of people quitting their jobs — a sign of confidence in their prospects — was little changed in August.The U.S. job market is sturdy, though unspectacular, despite an energy shock from the Iran war. Hiring has rebounded from a miserable 2025. Employers — businesses, nonprofits and government agencies — have added an average 80,000 jobs a month so far this year. That is an improvement on the 9,700-a-month average last year when high interest rates and uncertainty about President Donald Trump's trade policies discouraged businesses...

Ranked: America’s 25 Best Cities for Work in 2026 Key Takeaways Boston ranks as America’s best city for work in 2026, followed by Washington, D.C., and Burlington, Vermont. Burlington ranks first for job opportunity, while San Jose leads the country for compensation. Smaller metros including Madison, Fargo, and Sioux Falls rank among the strongest cities for job opportunities. Where are the best places in America to build a career in 2026? This visualization maps the 25 best cities for work from a ranking of 228 U.S. metro areas. The data comes from Indeed’s Best Cities for Work 2026. Indeed evaluated metro areas with at least 200,000 residents across six pillars: job opportunity, compensation, job quality and security, career mobility, work-life balance, and economic opportunity. Job opportunity and compensation each account for 20% of the overall score, while the other four categories each account for 15%. Why Boston Ranks First for Work Boston’s top ranking is driven by strength across several measures rather than dominance in a single category. RankCity, StateJob OpportunityCompensationJob...

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LinkedIn WhatsApp Facebook Twitter Bluesky Reddit Telegram Use This Visualization Add as preferred on Google Save to Inbox Ranked: The 30 Highest-Paying Jobs in America See visuals like this from many other data creators on our Voronoi app. Download it for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. Key Takeaways Specialized medical roles account for 24 of America’s 30 highest-paying jobs. Pediatric surgeons rank first, earning a mean annual wage of about $451,000. Many of the highest-paying jobs are also rare, with several employing fewer than 10,000 people nationwide. Want to earn more than $300,000 a year in America? The clearest path is still a highly specialized medical career. This ranking of America’s highest-paying occupations uses Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data to compare mean annual wages and total U.S. employment across the country’s top-paid roles. The results show how concentrated high pay is in healthcare. They also reveal another important pattern: many of America’s best-paid jobs are held by relatively small workforces,...

The U.S. labor market went into reverse last month, as employers cut 23,000 jobs. Job gains for May and June were also revised downward. Transcript MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: The U.S. job market is suffering a summer slowdown. A report from the Labor Department this morning shows employers cut more than 20,000 jobs in July. That's sobering news at a time when polls show many Americans are already feeling gloomy about the economy. NPR's Scott Horsley joins us. Hey, Scott.SCOTT HORSLEY, BYLINE: Hi, Mary Louise.KELLY: Isn't this - what - the second month in a row that...

US States in the Midwest – Kentucky, Michigan, and Indiana – will be exposed disproportionately to President Donald Trump’s proposed 50% tariff on imports of autos, trucks, and car parts from Canada, should it be implemented at the start of 2027, Oxford Economics stated in a report released today. Canadian auto manufacturers’ purchases of parts and other goods from US businesses support an estimated 0.12% of US jobs. A 50% US tariff on Canadian-made vehicles would put some of those jobs at risk. While the overall U.S. economic impact of this proposed tariff remains minimal at the national level, the state-level effects will be heavily concentrated. Kentucky faces the highest exposure—relative to the national average, Kentucky jobs are 3.7 times more exposed given their stronger links to Canadian auto procurement—followed by Michigan (3.5x) and Indiana (3.2x), the report says.We estimate two-thirds of exposed jobs will be in sectors other than automotive manufacturing. This harks back to the effect of the 25%...

The Labor Department offered an update Friday morning on the U.S. jobs market. After lackluster hiring in June, forecasters had expected the report to show a modest pickup in July. Transcript A MARTÍNEZ, HOST: The Bureau of Labor Statistics came out with its report on the U.S. job market, and it looks weaker than forecasters had expected. Employers cut 23,000 jobs in July and job gains for May and June were revised sharply lower. NPR's Scott Horsley joins us now. Scott, what's happening to the job market?SCOTT HORSLEY, BYLINE: Well, it wilted in the summer heat, A. Restaurants...

The divergence has become particularly visible since 2024 and widened further through 2025 and 2026. The chart indexes 2021 average pay at 100; by 2026, the index had reached about 146 for highly AI-exposed jobs, compared with 141 for moderately exposed roles and 125 for the least exposed.The Kobeissi Letter said the trend suggests employers are increasingly competing for workers with AI-related skills, adding that AI is reshaping the US compensation landscape. AI exposure is translating into a pay premium The underlying Indeed Hiring Lab analysis, published on September 17, found that the occupations most exposed to generative AI include software development, IT systems and support, data and analytics, marketing, and banking and finance. Less-exposed occupations include nursing, personal care, food preparation, cleaning and manufacturing.The finding challenges one of the most common assumptions about AI: that greater exposure automatically means lower wages.Indeed found that, after accounting for changes in the mix of occupations, AI-exposed jobs carried a 5.7% post-ChatGPT advertised-pay premium. When...

How State Income Tax Rates Compare in 2026 Key Takeaways Eight U.S. states levy no individual income tax: Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and Wyoming. California has the highest top marginal income tax rate in the country (13.3%), followed by Hawaii (11%). Fifteen states, including Illinois (4.95%) and North Carolina (3.99%), levy flat individual income taxes. Where you live can make a major difference in the state income tax rate applied to your earnings, with systems ranging from no individual income tax to top marginal rates above 10%. This map compares U.S. states based on their top marginal individual income tax rate in 2026 using Tax Foundation data. Both local and federal income tax rates are excluded. Which States Have No Individual Income Tax? Eight states levy no individual income tax: Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and Wyoming. New Hampshire is a relatively recent addition to the list, having repealed its tax on interest and dividends in 2025. The table below lists...

U.S. employers added 162,000 jobs in August, beating expectations. The news could give the Federal Reserve more leeway to raise interest rates later this month to curb stubborn inflation. Transcript SCOTT DETROW, HOST: The U.S. job market rebounded last month after a disappointing July. A report out today shows employers added 162,000 jobs in August, and the unemployment rate held steady at a low 4.1%. So the job market looks stable at a time when we know inflation remains high, and that could impact the Federal Reserve's calculation as it makes a decision on interest rates later this...