Top 5 Industries That Are Hiring Right Now

2. Professional and Business Services

Job Openings: 1,609,000

In the Professional and Business Services superindustry, employment for all employees stood at 22,946,000 in December 2023, with 18,116,000 in production and nonsupervisory roles. The unemployment rate was 3.9%, while job openings, hires, and separations numbered 1,482,000, 894,000, and 930,000, respectively. Union membership showed a modest increase, with 2.3% of wage and salary workers being members and 3.0% represented by unions in 2023. Dynamic changes in employment revealed gross job gains of 1,475,000 and gross job losses of 1,422,000 in the first quarter of 2023. Average hourly earnings rose to $41.29, and average weekly hours remained stable at 36.4.