June LinkedIn Workforce Report: May was strongest month for jobs since June 2015

U.S. employers continued to add more workers to their payroll in May, making it the strongest month for hiring since June 2015, according to the LinkedIn Workforce Report.

Hiring across the U.S. was 2.4 percent higher than a year ago, with seasonally-adjusted hiring 6.2 percent higher than in April. The architecture, automotive, manufacturing and finance industries saw the biggest gains in month-over-month hiring.

Other key insights:

• Fewer workers moving to the San Francisco Bay Area – The Bay Area is a talent magnet and while it still gains more workers than it loses, the net number of workers moving to the region has decreased 17 percent since February. In comparison, Seattle has seen net migration increase by 2 percent over the same period. What’s to blame? Cities like Portland, Denver, Austin and Charlotte are booming and cost of living is lower.
• Health care skills are needed in every major U.S. city except for Philadelphia, Cleveland, and St. Louis – Health care skills such as clinical data analysis, pharmaceutics and urgent care, are in scarcity in most major cities in the U.S, however, Philadelphia, Cleveland and St. Louis have an abundance of workers with these sought-after skills. That’s likely because they’re home to major medical schools and hospitals.

The LinkedIn Workforce Report helps workers better navigate their careers by highlighting workforce trends in the U.S. and across 20 cities. Insights include whether hiring is up, down, or flat, which skills cities need most, and where workers are moving to and from.

Click here to read more of our June LinkedIn Workforce Report.