New research has identified that the professional and business services industry has the second most job openings in the U.S., as of September 2023. Personal finance experts at Wealth of Geeks analyzed data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on the job openings across industries, seasonally adjusted for September 2023.
The total number of job openings in all industries across the U.S. was 9.553 million in September 2023, a decrease from the 10.854 million job openings one year earlier; however, there has been a marked increase from August of this year, which saw 9.497 million job openings.
Key findings include:
- The education and health services top the list as the industry with the most job openings at a significant 1.931 million;
- In second position is the professional and business services industry, with 1.632 million job openings;
- Leisure and hospitality is next on the list, taking third place witht 1.414 million openings;
- The trade, transportation, and utilities industry is fourth on the list, with 1.397 million job openings;
- The government is the next industry on the list, with 983,000 job openings as of September 2023;
- Sixth on the list is the financial activities industry, with 647,000 job openings;
- The manufacturing industry closely follows behind with 627,000 job openings;
- Construction places eighth among the industries with the most job openings, with 431,000;
- The information industry takes the ninth spot with 160,000 job openings; and
- The mining and logging industry takes tenth place with 35,000 job openings in total.
