Updated 2026-10-16
Industrials hiring trends
Compare observed job openings and recent movement across 11 tracked industrials employers.
- Observed openings
- 20,843
- Net openings change
- +544
- Increasing
- 6
- Decreasing
- 3
Newly observed openings
Leading roles
Engineering1,269
Manufacturing and Quality284
Software Development273
Operations and Supply Chain179
Program and Project Management112
General Management103
Newly observed openings
Leading locations
Fort Worth, TX, US122
Littleton, CO, US106
Orlando, FL, US95
King of Prussia, PA, US55
Grand Prairie, TX, US51
Marietta, GA, US40
Industrials companies
Opening counts and latest measured change for tracked employers.
| Company | Openings | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Lockheed Martin Aerospace and Defense | 5,970 | +428 |
| RTX Aerospace and Defense | 4,866 | +75 |
| Northrop Grumman Aerospace and Defense | 3,760 | +1 |
| Eaton Electrical Equipment | 2,346 | -70 |
| Emerson Electric Industrial Automation | 1,356 | +0 |
| Honeywell Industrial Conglomerate | 1,256 | +22 |
| Caterpillar Heavy Machinery | 964 | -7 |
| Boeing Aerospace and Defense | 726 | -19 |
| GE Aerospace Aerospace | 616 | +82 |
| Deere & Company Agricultural Machinery | 338 | +32 |
| UPS Logistics | 1 | +0 |
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Methodology
These totals aggregate public career-site observations from tracked employers. They are not estimates of every opening in the industry. A posting change does not establish whether a role was filled.
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