US Labor Market Snapshot — September 2026

The Big Picture

For the first time in nearly four years, annual growth in the Indeed Job Postings Index (JPI) is positive. Postings on Indeed increased over the month and have trended higher since the start of summer. Whipsawing official data from the past two BLS employment reports do not change the broad narrative of the labor market: For workers

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