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Live Market Data · BLS CES
Avg hourly earnings — Construction
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CES · last 24 months · methodology
Live Market Data · BLS JOLTS
Construction job openings
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, JOLTS · last 24 months · methodology
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Long-form Analysis(113)
See all →Small Businesses Just Set a 4-Year Hiring Record. Recruiters Should Pay Attention.
The NFIB July 2026 survey shows 20% of small businesses plan to expand payrolls -- the highest share since October 2022. The competition for candidates is about to get louder.
Aug 18, 2026 · BlueLine Research
Manufacturing Got More Applicants. It Made Fewer Hires. That's the Problem.
iCIMS August 2026 data shows manufacturing openings up 29% and hires down 6%, the widest opening-to-hire gap of the year. The pipeline is not broken. The conversion is.
Aug 17, 2026 · BlueLine Research
The Jobs Numbers Have Been Wrong for Three Years. The Next Correction Lands August 28.
BLS has revised U.S. payrolls down by a combined 1.75 million jobs over three consecutive years. The next benchmark revision drops August 28, and what it reveals should change how you source.
Aug 16, 2026 · BlueLine Research
The July Jobs Report Went Negative. The Private Sector Didn't.
The BLS July 2026 payroll print came in at -23,000 - a 106,000 miss vs. consensus. But the private sector added 30,000 jobs. The headline is a school calendar story wearing a recession costume.
Aug 15, 2026 · BlueLine Research
The Quiet Hiring Emergency in Logistics and Warehousing
Transportation and warehousing posted the biggest job opening surge in June's JOLTS report -- 97,000 new positions in a single month. The sector has nearly 500,000 unfilled roles and structural shortages that are getting worse, not better.
Aug 14, 2026 · BlueLine Research
Oracle Is Cutting Again. Here Is Who to Call.
Oracle's second 2026 layoff round is reportedly underway before September, releasing OCI engineers, Cerner specialists, and enterprise sales talent into the market.
Aug 13, 2026 · BlueLine Research
White-Collar Payrolls Have Contracted for 31 Straight Months. Here Is What Recruiters Are Missing.
Three office-based sectors have shed jobs for 31 consecutive months, the longest such streak outside a recession on record. Low unemployment is hiding all of it.
Aug 12, 2026 · BlueLine Research
The July Jobs Report Is Not a Crisis. Read the Revisions Anyway.
Nonfarm payrolls fell 23,000 in July, but government drove the drop. The number that should alarm recruiters is buried in a prior-month revision footnote.
Aug 11, 2026 · BlueLine Research
July 2026 Jobs Report: Private Sector Added Jobs. The Talent Pool Lost 264,000 People.
The headline number is -23,000 but private employers added 30,000 jobs. The real story is the 264,000 workers who left the labor force last month.
Aug 10, 2026 · BlueLine Research
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