"Labor demand continues to struggle to post gains month after month," said June Shelp, VP at The Conference Board. "During the last few months, gains in online job demand one month have been partially offset by dips in the following month. But the good news is that overall job demand is still maintaining a modest upward trend for both the nation and most states."

The Conference Board's help wanted online report collects online job ad information from more than 1,200 job boards.