The platform divided the number of active job postings in each state by the number of active applicants in a given month to formulate their labor tightness metric.
Here are the 10 states with the greatest increase in tight labor market conditions when compared to pre-pandemic levels:
1. Maine – 128.2 percent increase
2. Alaska – 60.9 percent
3. Kentucky – 54.5 percent
4. South Dakota – 53.8 percent
5. Wisconsin – 53.5 percent
6. North Dakota – 52.2 percent
7 (tie). Iowa – 50.1 percent
7 (tie). Montana – 50.1 percent
9. Nebraska – 47 percent
10. Mississippi – 46.5 percent
