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IT, engineering jobs post smallest gain of year in August

September 18, 2014

IT and engineering employment posted the smallest monthly gain of the year in August, the TechServe Alliance reported. The number of U.S. information technology jobs rose by 0.2 percent month over month in August to a total of more than 4.69 million, the TechServe Alliance reported. The number was up 3.5 percent on a year-over-year basis.

In addition, the number of engineering jobs in the U.S. rose 0.1 percent month over month in August to more than 2.52 million. The number was up 2.1 percent on a year-over-year basis.

“While we continue to see a month-over-month rise in IT and engineering employment, the rate of job growth slowed in August,” said TechServe Alliance CEO Mark Roberts. “Engineering job growth slowed most notably. After posting the fastest rate of growth in July, August represented the slowest rate of job growth for the year.”

Still, IT and engineering employment remains robust despite the slowdown in the job-growth pace, according to Roberts.

“The ebb and flow of the monthly jobs numbers is a natural part of a dynamic labor market,” he said.

The TechServe Alliance is a trade association of the IT and engineering staffing and solutions industry.