Tech Job Posting Index

Tech job posting index is the measurement frame used in Tech sector job postings on Indeed (mostly) stabilized this year to compare current technology job postings with a pre-pandemic baseline. Corey Staley says Indeed often uses February 2020 as an index value of 100; in the episode, tech postings are reported at 67.2.

The index matters because it turns a vague labor-market mood into a comparable signal. A 67.2 reading supports Tech Hiring Stabilization as a low-level plateau rather than a recovery. The episode also contrasts tech with health care, which Staley describes as about 23% above its pre-pandemic baseline.

Key Claims

• February 2020 functions as the pre-pandemic baseline in the episode’s Indeed data.
• A 67.2 index level means tech postings are about 33% below that baseline.
• The index captures job-posting demand, not wages, realized hiring, layoffs, geography, or worker outcomes.
• The tech-health care contrast shows why retraining and sector switching can be difficult: demand is strong in one sector while workers’ training may be concentrated in another.

Connections

• Indeed and Corey Staley - data source and expert explaining the metric.
• Tech Hiring Stabilization - interpretation supported by the index.
• Software Developer Hiring Pullback, Data Engineering Demand, and AI Labor Market Concentration - submarket patterns that sit beneath the headline index.
• Marketplace Tech - source show for the public explanation.