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title: "CNBC: May Has Strongest Month for Hiring in Nearly 2 Years"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/8fdfe224-2d04-48f6-aeab-38253017aa97
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/cnbc-may-has-strongest-month-for-hiring-in-nearly-2-years-12418
category: "Finance"
topics: ["Finance & M&A"]
published: 2017-06-01T13:08:57.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:08:40.032Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/8ef8520a49ac2e6934e91a30f6a6a65f3100.jpg
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# CNBC: May Has Strongest Month for Hiring in Nearly 2 Years

**TL;DR:** US employers hired strongly in May, with a 2.4% increase from last year and a 6.2% increase from April. The month was the strongest for hiring since June 2015, according to a LinkedIn study.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2017-06-01. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/cnbc-may-has-strongest-month-for-hiring-in-nearly-2-years-12418).*

## Story

Hiring in May by U.S. employers significantly increased from April and last year, according to a recent CNBC article and LinkedIn study . Numbers show the month has been the strongest month for hiring since June 2015. LinkedIn reported that hiring in May was 2.4 percent higher than this time last year and 6.2 percent higher than in the previous month.

Workers are moving to cities like Portland, Oregon, Austin, Denver and Charlotte where there is a lower cost of living than say, San Francisco. Industries experiencing big increases in hiring are architecture, manufacturing and engineering. The report also found that what is currently needed in top cities are workers with health-care degrees and health-care management skills

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- General (sector)
- austin (location)
- Denver (location)
- charlotte (location)
- LinkedIn (company)
- San Francisco, California (location)
- Portland (location)
- job market (topic)
- us economy (topic)
- hiring trends (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/cnbc-may-has-strongest-month-for-hiring-in-nearly-2-years-12418). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/8fdfe224-2d04-48f6-aeab-38253017aa97).