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Online job ads fall by 51,000 in May, led by drop in transportation and material moving ads

May 30, 2018

US online job ads fell in May by 51,000 to approximately 4.7 million, according to The Conference Board’s report on online job ads. The May decrease follows a decline in April as well.

Seven of the largest 10 online occupational categories posted decreases in May. Ads for transportation and material-moving jobs logged the largest decrease, down by 27,200 to a total of 357,000. Education, training and library job ads followed, down by 8,400 ads to 168,800.

On the flip side, computer and mathematical science ads rose by 5,000 to 566,500; healthcare practitioners and technical ads increased by 3,400 to 528,800; and food preparation and serving-related ads increased by 2,800 to 214,500 ads.