For every jobless individual in the US, there were 0.99 vacancies in July this year. This figure was slightly better the previous month, that is, in June 2025. Yes, there were way less vacancies than were expected in July of 2025 with reasonable hiring. End of July 2025 was witness to 1,76,000 less job openings.
While hiring went up to 5.308 million in the month, layoffs also increased to 1.808 million. Clearly the labour market has become slow in the US.
The number of vacancies dipped to 7.181 million as per data from the Bureau of Labour Statistics. This was less than the figure of 7.378 million vacancies predicted by economists in a survey conducted by Reuters.
These figures are attributed to the tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump. With immigration rules being tightened, there is a dip in labour supply too. Also, businesses are likely to continue to control spending and cut costs, while consumers also go slow with spending.
There were less vacancies in professional and business services but more in construction, manufacturing and financial sectors. There was an increase in government jobs.
For the second consecutive month, the number of vacancies dipped in the healthcare and social-assistance sector. Job opening fell in the retail space too, followed by further drop in then umber of jobs in the arts, entertainment and recreation space.
