{"id":54257,"date":"2023-03-16T07:11:48","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T14:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/?p=54257"},"modified":"2023-03-16T07:11:50","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T14:11:50","slug":"pullback-in-tech-employment-modest-relative-to-expectations-comptia-analysis-of-latest-labor-market-data-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/news\/2023\/03\/pullback-in-tech-employment-modest-relative-to-expectations-comptia-analysis-of-latest-labor-market-data-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Pullback in Tech Employment Modest Relative to Expectations, CompTIA Analysis of Latest Labor Market Data Finds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Downers Grove, IL (March 10, 2023)<\/em> \u2013 Technology-related employment declined in February, although at a relatively modest rate versus expectations, according to analysis by CompTIA, the nonprofit association for the information technology (IT) industry and workforce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tech sector employment encompassing all types of workers employed by tech companies fell by 11,184 positions in February, according to CompTIA\u2019s analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics #JobsReport data. Among tech subsectors, tech manufacturing added a net new 2,800 jobs, the fifth consecutive month of positive gains. All other tech subsectors experienced net employment losses for the month. As a percentage of the tech sector\u2019s total base of employment, the losses represent a fraction of one percent (0.2%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs expected, the lag in labor market data means prior layoffs announcements are now appearing in BLS reporting,\u201d said Tim Herbert, chief research officer, CompTIA. \u201cContext is critical. The recent pullback represents a relatively small fraction of the massive tech workforce. The long-term outlook remains unchanged with demand for tech talent powering employment gains across the economy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tech occupations in all industry sectors declined by 38,000 positions[1]. Providing similar context, this represents a modest decline of about half of one percent (0.6%) of the total base of tech employment across the economy. Consistent with the decline for the month, the unemployment rate for tech occupations crept up to 2.2%. In comparison, the national unemployment rate increased to 3.6%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Employer job postings for tech positions declined by about 40,000, to just over 229,000 in February.[2] Most metropolitan markets experienced fallbacks from January to February, with a few exceptions. Seattle saw job postings increase by just over 10%, to nearly 4,100 for the month. The CompTIA report also shows that there were modest gains in \u201cbelow the radar\u201d markets such as Salem, OR, and Little Rock, AR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The largest number of job postings for tech positions occurred in the professional, scientific and tech services industry sector (35,257). Finance and insurance (24,735) and manufacturing (20,246) also had healthy numbers. Tech job postings in finance were dispersed across major metro areas, led by New York City (2,295), Chicago (1,407), Dallas (1,230), Boston (1,088), and Washington (1,051).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u201cCompTIA Tech Jobs Report\u201d is available here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About CompTIA<\/strong>
The Computing Technology Industry Association<\/a> (CompTIA) is a leading voice and advocate for the $5 trillion global information technology ecosystem; and the estimated 75 million industry and tech professionals who design, implement, manage, and safeguard the technology that powers the world\u2019s economy. Through education, training, certifications, advocacy, philanthropy, and market research, CompTIA is the hub for unlocking the potential of the tech industry and its workforce. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Downers Grove, IL (March 10, 2023) \u2013 Technology-related employment declined in February, although at a relatively modest rate versus expectations, according to analysis by CompTIA, the nonprofit association for the information technology (IT) industry and workforce. Tech sector employment encompassing all types of workers employed by tech companies fell by 11,184 positions in February, according to CompTIA\u2019s analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics #JobsReport data. Among tech subsectors, tech manufacturing added a net new 2,800 jobs, the fifth consecutive month of positive gains. All other tech subsectors experienced net employment losses for the month. As a percentage of the tech sector\u2019s total base of employment, the losses represent a fraction of one percent (0.2%). \u201cAs expected, the lag in labor market data means prior layoffs announcements are now appearing in BLS reporting,\u201d said Tim Herbert, chief research officer, CompTIA. \u201cContext is critical. The recent pullback represents a relatively small fraction of the massive tech workforce. The long-term outlook remains unchanged with demand for tech talent powering employment gains across the economy.\u201d Tech occupations in all industry sectors declined by 38,000 positions[1]. Providing similar context, this represents a modest decline of about half of one percent (0.6%) of the total base of tech employment across the economy. Consistent with the decline for the month, the unemployment rate for tech occupations crept up to 2.2%. In comparison, the national unemployment rate increased to 3.6%. Employer job postings for tech positions declined by about 40,000, to just over 229,000 in February.[2] Most metropolitan markets experienced fallbacks from January to February, with a few exceptions. Seattle saw job postings increase by just over 10%, to nearly 4,100 for the month. The CompTIA report also shows that there were modest gains in \u201cbelow the radar\u201d markets such as Salem, OR, and Little Rock, AR. The largest number of job postings for tech positions occurred in the professional, scientific and tech services industry sector (35,257). Finance and insurance (24,735) and manufacturing (20,246) also had healthy numbers. Tech job postings in finance were dispersed across major metro areas, led by New York City (2,295), Chicago (1,407), Dallas (1,230), Boston (1,088), and Washington (1,051). The \u201cCompTIA Tech Jobs Report\u201d is available here. ### About CompTIAThe Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) is a leading voice and advocate for the $5 trillion global information technology ecosystem; and the estimated 75 million industry and tech professionals who design, implement, manage, and safeguard the technology that powers the world\u2019s economy. Through education, training, certifications, advocacy, philanthropy, and market research, CompTIA is the hub for unlocking the potential of the tech industry and its workforce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[86],"tags":[146],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54257"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54257"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54258,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54257\/revisions\/54258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}