Online Labor Demand Fell in October
- HWOL Index fell in October, following a small decrease in September
- Most States and Occupations declined
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The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine® (HWOL) Index fell in October and now stands at 100.5 (July 2018=100), down from 103.5 in September. The Index declined 2.9 percent from the prior month and is down 1.4 percent from a year ago.
In the Midwest, both Missouri and North Dakota decreased 3.8 percent. In the Northeast, Connecticut fell 5.2 percent and Rhode Island decreased 4.3 percent. In the South, Kentucky fell 5.2 percent and Delaware decreased 3.9 percent. In the West, Washington declined 5.8 percent and Hawaii decreased 5.3 percent.
The Professional occupational category experienced declines in Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media (-4.6 percent), Architecture and engineering (-3.9 percent), and Healthcare practitioners and technical (-3.7). The Services/ Production occupational category experienced declines in Production (-4.4 percent) and Healthcare Support (-4.0).
Help Wanted OnLine™ (HWOL) Index: United States, seasonally adjusted, October 2019
[July 2018=100]
Sources: The Conference Board, Bureau of Labor Statistics
The release schedule, national historic table and technical note are available on The Conference Board website, http://www.conference-board.org/data/helpwantedonline.cfm. The underlying data for The Conference Board HWOL is collected by CEB, Inc. |
