U.S. Job Openings Steady at 7.4 Million in June

The BLS reported 7.4 million U.S. job openings in June, down just 200,000 from May's revised 7.6 million — a drop too small to be statistically meaningful. After months of deceleration, labor demand has settled into a narrow mid-7-million range. That plateau points to gradually cooling hiring rather than outright job losses.