Engineering employment in the US rose by 5,400 jobs in May for total employment of more than 2.8 million, the TechServe Alliance reported.

On a year-over-year basis, engineering employment is up by 42,200 jobs.

That compares to IT employment in the US, which was essentially flat in May — edging down by just 200 jobs from April — with total IT employment at more than 5.3 million.

On a year-over-year basis, IT employment was down 21,900 jobs in May.

“Although the overall job market posted strong gains, IT employment is still struggling to gain momentum after the extraordinary run-up in the aftermath of Covid,” TechServe CEO Mark Roberts said in a press release. “With a multitude of mixed signals from the economy and pervasive uncertainty including the future direction of the Fed’s interest rate policy, many employers remain cautious in their hiring.”