LinkedIn Workforce Report | United States | August 2025
With over 225 million LinkedIn members in the United States, we have unique insight into the real-time dynamics of Americans starting new jobs and moving to new cities. This month’s LinkedIn Workforce Report looks at our latest national data on hiring and migration trends through July 2025.
For more insight into localized employment trends in 20 of the largest U.S. metro areas, check out this month’s reports for: Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland-Akron, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Nashville, New York City, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, St. Louis, and Washington, D.C.
Our vision is to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Whether you’re a worker, an employer, a new grad, or a policymaker, we hope you’ll use these insights to better understand and navigate the dynamics of today’s economy.
Key Insights:
Hiring remains slow. Nationally, we saw a 4.6% uptick in hiring from June to July but on an annual basis hiring slowed nearly 5% compared to July 2024 and January 2025. While hiring is no longer slowing as steeply as the past few years, it remains sluggish and is running over 20% more slowly compared to pre-pandemic times (July 2019).
Hiring across industries generally retraces June weakness but remains slow. Hiring increased in 17 out of 20 industries from June to July, reversing some of the significant deceleration in June. However, relative to a year ago, hiring is still subdued. The industries with the strongest year-over-year performance in July were Accommodation and Food Services (+2.2%) and Technology, Information and Media (+0.3%). Year-over-year hiring was weakest in Government Administration where hiring has contracted -13.5%, reflecting the sizable slowdown in Government payrolls shown in the latest jobs report revisions.
- Hiring rebounds across most major metros: Hiring increased in 17 out of 20 metro areas we track from June to July. New York City, NY (+14.7%), St. Louis (+6.9%), and Denver (+6.8%) had the strongest month-over-month performance. Detroit (-1.0%), Cleveland (-1.2%), and Atlanta (-2.8%) saw hiring slow in hiring from June to July. Hiring is strongest year-over-year in Miami-Fort Lauderdale (+4.7%), Dallas-Fort Worth (+2.1%), and the San Francisco Bay Area (+2.0%), though hiring in the San Francisco Bay Area remains well below pre-pandemic rates (-36% compared to July 2019).
Hiring
The LinkedIn hiring rate is a measure of hires divided by LinkedIn membership. Nationally, across all industries, hiring in the U.S. was 4.6% higher in July 2025 compared to last month June 2025. National hiring was 4.9% lower in July 2025 compared to last year July 2024.
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED HIRING
The industries with the most notable hiring shifts month-to-month in July 2025 were Wholesale (15.7% higher); Retail (12.2% higher); and Technology, Information and Media (10.6% higher).
Table 1: Hiring on LinkedIn, by Industry, through July 2025
Industry | Jul-24 | ··· | Apr-25 | May-25 | Jun-25 | Jul-25 | MoM% Change | YoY% Change |
Accommodation and Food Services | 0.89 | ··· | 0.87 | 0.92 | 0.84 | 0.90 | +7.8 | +2.2 |
Administrative and Support Services | 0.82 | ··· | 0.79 | 0.80 | 0.76 | 0.80 | +5.2 | -1.8 |
Construction | 1.18 | ··· | 1.11 | 1.22 | 1.13 | 1.16 | +2.6 | -1.7 |
Consumer Services | 1.14 | ··· | 1.10 | 1.09 | 1.05 | 1.06 | +1.3 | -6.8 |
Education | 1.09 | ··· | 1.12 | 1.14 | 1.04 | 1.04 | +0.1 | -4.6 |
Entertainment Providers | 0.91 | ··· | 0.87 | 0.90 | 0.85 | 0.89 | +4.1 | -2.1 |
Farming, Ranching, Forestry | 0.99 | ··· | 0.97 | 1.07 | 1.00 | 0.88 | -12.4 | -11.3 |
Financial Services | 0.95 | ··· | 0.97 | 1.04 | 0.86 | 0.94 | +9.9 | -0.9 |
Government Administration | 1.05 | ··· | 0.93 | 0.98 | 0.91 | 0.91 | +0.1 | -13.5 |
Holding Companies | 0.77 | ··· | 0.72 | 0.77 | 0.72 | 0.70 | -3.9 | -9.3 |
Hospitals and Health Care | 1.08 | ··· | 1.05 | 1.09 | 1.05 | 1.04 | -0.5 | -3.5 |
Manufacturing | 0.88 | ··· | 0.80 | 0.84 | 0.77 | 0.80 | +4.6 | -8.9 |
Oil, Gas, and Mining | 0.84 | ··· | 0.78 | 0.81 | 0.75 | 0.81 | +7.8 | -3.1 |
Professional Services | 0.86 | ··· | 0.83 | 0.87 | 0.77 | 0.82 | +7.3 | -4 |
Real Estate and Equipment Rental Services | 0.93 | ··· | 0.86 | 0.89 | 0.85 | 0.90 | +6.4 | -3.2 |
Retail | 0.79 | ··· | 0.77 | 0.75 | 0.70 | 0.78 | +12.2 | -1.6 |
Technology, Information and Media | 0.85 | ··· | 0.85 | 0.88 | 0.77 | 0.85 | +10.6 | +0.3 |
Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage | 0.98 | ··· | 0.99 | 0.96 | 0.87 | 0.95 | +9.4 | -3 |
Utilities | 1.20 | ··· | 1.05 | 1.17 | 1.09 | 1.16 | +6.5 | -3.2 |
Wholesale | 0.80 | ··· | 0.73 | 0.68 | 0.64 | 0.74 | +15.7 | -6.9 |
Methodology: “Hiring Rate” is the count of hires (LinkedIn members in each industry who added a new employer to their profile in the same month the new job began), divided by the total number of LinkedIn members in the U.S. By only analyzing the timeliest data, we can make accurate month-to-month comparisons and account for any potential lags in members updating their profiles. This number is indexed to the average month in 2016 for each industry; for example, an index of 1.05 indicates a hiring rate that is 5% higher than the average month in 2016.
Check out our reports for: Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland-Akron, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Nashville, New York City, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, St. Louis, and Washington, D.C. to see which jobs are open.
