Technology employment is growing despite tech sector layoffs - HR Dive

Bureau of Labor Statistics data. The article's headline frames the finding as technology employment growing despite tech sector layoffs, placing the two trends alongside each other rather than presenting them as contradictory. The excerpt does not include a layoff count for the same month, and it does not break the 86,000 figure down by role, employer, or region.

A second figure in the report comes from CompTIA's analysis of data supplied by Lightcast, which covers employer demand for AI skills specifically. That analysis counted more than 320,000 active job postings requiring AI-related skills in August. The same analysis put the month-over-month change at 4.5%. The excerpt provides no further detail on which skills, roles, or seniority levels those postings cover.

The article names two underlying data sources: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, which supplied the data behind the 86,000 employment figure, and Lightcast, which supplied the job-posting data. The job-posting number is stated as 'more than' 320,000, and the 4.5% change is measured against the previous month rather than the same month a year earlier. The headline distinguishes the 'tech sector,' where layoffs are described, from 'technology occupation employment,' where growth is described, without reconciling the two terms. Both measurements cover August.