September 7, 2025
More Job Seekers Than Jobs in the U.S.
For the First Time Since 2021, the U.S. Has More Unemployed People Than Job Openings, Highlighting a Cooling Job Market For the first time in over three years, America is facing a shift in its job market that feels both unsettling and uncertain. In July, the number of unemployed people in the U.S. rose to about 7.24 million, while job openings fell to roughly 7.2 million. That may not seem like a huge gap at first glance, but it marks a significant turning point: there are now officially more people looking for work than there are available jobs. The last
