{"id":2182,"date":"2026-06-07T17:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T17:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=2182"},"modified":"2026-06-07T17:06:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T17:06:00","slug":"labor-market-shifts-into-a-higher-gear-as-it-pulls-more-people-into-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=2182","title":{"rendered":"Labor market shifts into a higher gear as it pulls more people into work"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The labor market has shifted into a higher gear, powering through an energy shock and immigration restrictions to pull more people into work even as consumers sour on an economy that is straining their wallets.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The vigorous pace of hiring over the past few months is a reversal from the stagnation of 2025, a year of unpredictability and dislocation that led businesses to put hiring plans on ice. And yet, Americans remain in a foul state of mind as wages fail to keep pace with surging prices for gasoline and food.<\/span><\/p>\n

Employers added 172,000 jobs in May, the latest data showed Friday, blowing past expectations, while the unemployment rate remained at 4.3% for the third month in a row. With upward revisions to the previous two months, the economy has packed on 114,000 jobs per month on average this year, up from only 10,000 in 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The consecutive months of strong growth, with no signs of increasing layoffs, are evidence that businesses have shaken off a period of paralysis last year — a hangover from a hiring binge after the COVID-19 pandemic and wild swings in policy from the Trump administration.<\/span><\/p>\n

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