Marketplace · Monday, June 29, 2026
The US labor market has seen an increase in job creation over the past few months, with sectors like healthcare, local government, social assistance, and leisure/hospitality showing growth. However, professional industries such as banking, insurance, and tech remain stagnant or are shedding jobs.
“For most of the last year, healthcare was one of the only industries consistently adding jobs, says Nicole Bashaw at ZipRecruiter.”
“But when we come into the last couple of months this spring, we've started to see gains equaling out a bit across different industries.”
“Professional industries meanwhile, like banking, insurance and tech are stagnant or even shedding jobs. And that's frustrating to a certain class of workers.”
“We're seeing a lot of maybe established experienced workers going and taking entry-level positions, and that's leaving less room for somebody with no resume and no work experience to break into the market.”