White-Collar Workers Are Getting the Blues

Horizontal bar chart showing the decrease in job postings between Q1 2023 and Q1 2025 for specific roles, relative to the overall decrease in white-collar postings. Software Developer postings fell 2.05 times the overall white-collar rate, followed by Business Analyst (1.96x), Market Research (1.94x), Delivery Manager (1.93x), Application Support (1.9x), Technology Analyst (1.81x), QA Tester (1.75x), Data Engineer (1.74x), Application Engineer (1.74x), and Project Administrator (1.73x).

In a slowing labor market, white-collar jobs and salaries are stagnating

Horizontal bar chart showing the decrease in job postings between Q1 2023 and Q1 2025 for specific roles, relative to the overall decrease in white-collar postings. Software Developer postings fell 2.05 times the overall white-collar rate, followed by Business Analyst (1.96x), Market Research (1.94x), Delivery Manager (1.93x), Application Support (1.9x), Technology Analyst (1.81x), QA Tester (1.75x), Data Engineer (1.74x), Application Engineer (1.74x), and Project Administrator (1.73x). Source: Revelio Labs.
Figure 4. Horizontal bar chart showing the decrease in job postings between Q1 2023 and Q1 2025 for specific roles, relative to the overall decrease in white-collar postings. Software Developer postings fell 2.05 times the overall white-collar rate, followed by Business Analyst (1.96x), Market Research (1.94x), Delivery Manager (1.93x), Application Support (1.9x), Technology Analyst (1.81x), QA Tester (1.75x), Data Engineer (1.74x), Application Engineer (1.74x), and Project Administrator (1.73x). Source: Revelio Labs, May 2025

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