CompTIA’s analysis of March 2026 labor data reveals a mixed picture in the U.S. technology job market, marked by both job reductions and increased hiring demand. Tech industry employment fell by an estimated 15,000 positions, with the largest losses in IT and custom software services, while overall tech occupation employment across all sectors decreased by 118,000, nudging the tech unemployment rate to 3.9%. Even with these decreases, the job openings for technology jobs totaled 537,000 in March, up by 9.7% compared to the previous month and 8.9% year-on-year, while there were also 254,000 new job openings.
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There was a double-digit increase in job postings in real estate, retail, finance and insurance, and manufacturing industries, and regionally, New York City, Washington, and Dallas had the most job postings. “The tech labor market is showing signs of stabilizing, as companies begin moving away from the more conservative approaches of the past year and consider future investments in talent that supports strategic digital initiatives,” said Seth Robinson, vice president of industry research at CompTIA.
