These graphs are updated weekly and are available online here:
www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/co...

Clearly, this is a year of weak demand for PhD economists in many sectors - especially government, but also academia and the private sector. Best wishes to all of those on the market this year.

A relative bright spot is hiring in the private sector - while low, it is still comparable to that in some recent years.

Due to DOGE cuts and then the shutdown, the number of listings for jobs in the US Federal government is down about 75% compared to recent years.

The number of nonacademic jobs on JOE is also lower than during COVID - 38.2% lower.

The number of full-time academic jobs outside the U.S. listed on JOE is down, and lower than during COVID. Could partly be due to increased formalization of European mkt and perhaps less use of JOE.

Among full-time academic jobs in the US, the demand is perhaps better at 4-year colleges than at universities with a grad program.

In terms of full-time academic jobs in the US, it is definitely better than during COVID (56.8% more listings), but clearly worse than all years since (e.g. 35.1% fewer listings than this time last year).

Speakers include: @michelebelot.bsky.social @bradfowd1.bsky.social @johncawley.bsky.social Rena Conti, Edel Doherty, David Grabowski, @johnmullahy.bsky.social Cormac O'Grada, Ciaran O'Neill, Mark Sculpher, @davidslusky.bsky.social @justinsydnor.bsky.social & Rebecca Thornton

Fewer full-time non-academic job openings than during COVID, with jobs in the US Federal Govt particularly low (not surprising given DOGE and the shutdown)

FT academic jobs outside the US also down, and worse than during COVID (2020).

Relatively speaking, it's a worse year for jobs in research univ than in liberal arts colleges/teaching institutions

Graphs showing listings on JOE by sector are updated weekly and are available here:
www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/co...

It’s definitely not a criticism; I know it’s not the economists’ choice to not hire. It is true that a golden opportunity is being missed.

Happily, everyone can now track all of these numbers in real time using the AEA's online dashboards. Many thanks to Michael Albert at the AEA for doing all the work to make this possible.

Best of luck to all candidates on the market this year.