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2026 Q3 US Business-to-Business Labor Market Update

The business-to-business vertical turned in a relatively sanguine third quarter of 2026, with job postings up over the past year in most categories. Wage growth is outpacing that of the overall labor market in nearly all categories, while the hiring rate in manufacturing has also gained ground.

Indeed Job Postings 

Table titled “Manufacturing added job postings in the last year” showing the percent change in Indeed job postings over the past year and since February 1, 2020, through October 23, 2026, for six occupational categories. Over the past year, postings rose for production and manufacturing (14.1%), banking and finance (13.2%), construction (6.1%) and insurance (4.9%), compared with 3.1% for all postings, while accounting (-3.2%) and education and instruction (-8.4%) fell. Since February 2020, all six categories are higher, led by construction (29.2%), insurance (26.5%) and production and manufacturing (25.2%), compared with 3.7% for all postings.

Overall US job postings on Indeed

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