With the number of job openings persistently outnumbering the number of unemployed workers, it’s still a pretty good time to be a job seeker—although that varies depending on what industry you’re in.

Employers are facing labor shortages stemming partly from a wave of early retirements during the pandemic. That means it’s relatively easy for job-seekers to find work these days compared to pre-COVID times, but just how easy depends on your line of work.

As of September, workers in finance, education and healthcare, professional and business services, and leisure and hospitality had a lot more leverage than before the pandemic, data 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:released last week by the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows. That wasn’t true in manufacturing and construction, where, unlike most industries, there were nearly as many unemployed workers as job openings.

The job market has 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:cooled off in recent months amid 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:higher interest rates that have made it harder for businesses to borrow money to hire and expand, and as companies 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:brace for a possible recession. Still, the unemployment rate remains near a 50-year low, and workers have an upper hand—at least for now.