Updated 2026-10-30
Industrials hiring trends
Compare observed job openings and recent movement across 11 tracked industrials employers.
- Observed openings
- 21,389
- Net openings change
- +135
- Increasing
- 4
- Decreasing
- 5
Newly observed openings
Leading roles
Engineering1,134
Manufacturing and Quality311
Software Development248
Operations and Supply Chain184
Program and Project Management120
General Management106
Newly observed openings
Leading locations
Orlando, FL, US98
Fort Worth, TX, US83
Littleton, CO, US77
Grand Prairie, TX, US53
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India47
United States-Maryland-Baltimore42
Industrials companies
Opening counts and latest measured change for tracked employers.
| Company | Openings | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Lockheed Martin Aerospace and Defense | 6,478 | +255 |
| RTX Aerospace and Defense | 4,716 | -109 |
| Northrop Grumman Aerospace and Defense | 3,791 | -35 |
| Eaton Electrical Equipment | 2,423 | +69 |
| Emerson Electric Industrial Automation | 1,356 | +0 |
| Honeywell Industrial Conglomerate | 1,327 | +11 |
| Caterpillar Heavy Machinery | 973 | -38 |
| Boeing Aerospace and Defense | 704 | -13 |
| GE Aerospace Aerospace | 626 | +17 |
| Deere & Company Agricultural Machinery | 350 | -22 |
| 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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