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The salary premium for job switchers is now around 2%. Four years ago, it was 8%.

Whether you feel good about the job market probably depends on your industry.

Additional costs from tariffs and shifting consumer demand are hitting businesses and impacting their willingness to hire.

There are now more unemployed people than job openings, which is landing particularly hard on young jobseekers.

We can get glimpses through private data sources.

Amazon, Dow, UPS, Pinterest, and T-Mobile are among the many companies to announce layoffs in the last couple of weeks.

“It's something I've done myself and have seen amongst other younger female job seekers,” said freelance writer Megan Robinson. “But in my own case, and in the other women I interviewed, it didn't help any of us get a job.”

The low-fire, low-hire job market is making it hard for young people to enter the workforce.

Employers announced 8% fewer layoffs in December than a year earlier.

By this time next year, more states will have a minimum wage of at least $15 an hour than those where workers receive the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour.