US job openings dropped to a five-year low in December 2025, report shows

US job openings dropped to a five-year low in December 2025, report shows

Data from November 2025 was also revised lower amid a softening in labor market conditions at the end of the yearUS job openings dropped to the lowest level in more than five years in December and data for the prior month was revised lower amid a softening in labor market conditions at the end of 2025.Job openings, a measure of labor demand, decreased by 386,000 to 6.542m by the last day of December, the lowest level since September 2020, the labor department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics said in its Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, or Jolts report, on Thursday. Continue reading…

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