Indeed openings have swelled to more than 34,000 – up 4,000 And LinkedIn posts some 50,000 – up by 7,000 And that demand for talent may not subside any time soon.

The nation’s capital holds the No. 2 spot, with 39,368 STEM job openings right now. Steinerd says Washington D.C. makes this list for a number of reasons.

A gradual pullback in hiring and job openings has come as hundreds of thousands of federal workers are out looking for employment.

Job openings, which serve as a closely watched measure of labor market demand, totaled an estimated 7.77 million at the end of May, rising from 7.4 million in April, according to the BLS’ latest Job ...