74.4
Aug 2026 (latest)
SOFTWARE POSTINGS INDEX (INDEED)
index, February 1, 2020 = 100, monthly average of daily values, seasonally adjusted · 2020–2026 · higher is better · Indeed Hiring Lab, via FRED IHLIDXUSTPSOFTDEVE
147.1
Nov 2022
229.2
high · Feb 2022
62.3
low · Mar 2025
−49%
since Nov 2022
┊ on the monthly chart the dashed line marks ChatGPT released (Nov 30, 2022)
Method & caveats. Indeed's US software-development job postings, indexed to February 1, 2020 = 100, published daily on FRED by Indeed Hiring Lab (7-day trailing average, seasonally adjusted); stored as the monthly average. The most-watched postings series for AI-exposed technical work; the level fell through 2022–2023 before ChatGPT was widely used, so the marker is a reference date, not a cause. Begins February 2020.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/IHLIDXUSTPSOFTDEVE
- https://www.hiringlab.org/data/
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Employment-And-Jobs
Monthly data
The publisher's own cadence, every period. The annual table below is derived from these values (annual average); the annual figures are what the almanac pages and the machine-readable exports carry.
| Period | Software Postings Index (Indeed) | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 2026 | 74.4 | −1% |
| Jul 2026 | 75.0 | +2% |
| Jun 2026 | 73.2 | −1% |
| May 2026 | 74.1 | +2% |
| Apr 2026 | 72.8 | +2% |
| Mar 2026 | 71.6 | +2% |
| Feb 2026 | 70.3 | +3% |
| Jan 2026 | 68.1 | +2% |
| Dec 2025 | 66.9 | +1% |
| Nov 2025 | 66.2 | +2% |
| Oct 2025 | 64.9 | +0% |
| Sep 2025 | 64.8 | −2% |
| Aug 2025 | 66.2 | +1% |
| Jul 2025 | 65.5 | +0% |
| Jun 2025 | 65.4 | +4% |
| May 2025 | 62.7 | −1% |
| Apr 2025 | 63.6 | +2% |
| Mar 2025 | 62.3 | −4% |
| Feb 2025 | 64.9 | −4% |
| Jan 2025 | 67.5 | +0% |
| Dec 2024 | 67.4 | +0% |
| Nov 2024 | 67.3 | −2% |
| Oct 2024 | 68.7 | −1% |
| Sep 2024 | 69.4 | +1% |
| Aug 2024 | 68.5 | −2% |
| Jul 2024 | 70.1 | +0% |
| Jun 2024 | 69.9 | +1% |
| May 2024 | 69.2 | −2% |
| Apr 2024 | 70.4 | −1% |
| Mar 2024 | 70.8 | −0% |
| Feb 2024 | 71.1 | −1% |
| Jan 2024 | 71.8 | −1% |
| Dec 2023 | 72.5 | −1% |
| Nov 2023 | 73.0 | −3% |
| Oct 2023 | 75.1 | −3% |
| Sep 2023 | 77.3 | −3% |
| Aug 2023 | 79.4 | −5% |
| Jul 2023 | 83.5 | −4% |
| Jun 2023 | 87.0 | −11% |
| May 2023 | 97.4 | −1% |
| Apr 2023 | 98.2 | −4% |
| Mar 2023 | 102.6 | −10% |
| Feb 2023 | 114.2 | −10% |
| Jan 2023 | 126.3 | −7% |
| Dec 2022 | 135.3 | −8% |
| Nov 2022 | 147.1 | −8% |
| Oct 2022 | 160.7 | −8% |
| Sep 2022 | 174.0 | −7% |
| Aug 2022 | 187.4 | −7% |
| Jul 2022 | 202.1 | −7% |
| Jun 2022 | 217.9 | −4% |
| May 2022 | 226.7 | +1% |
| Apr 2022 | 224.8 | −2% |
| Mar 2022 | 228.8 | −0% |
| Feb 2022 | 229.2 | +6% |
| Jan 2022 | 216.1 | +1% |
| Dec 2021 | 213.8 | +6% |
| Nov 2021 | 202.5 | +9% |
| Oct 2021 | 186.3 | +7% |
| Sep 2021 | 173.6 | +10% |
| Aug 2021 | 158.2 | +9% |
| Jul 2021 | 145.7 | +6% |
| Jun 2021 | 137.5 | +5% |
| May 2021 | 131.3 | +9% |
| Apr 2021 | 120.4 | +7% |
| Mar 2021 | 112.3 | +9% |
| Feb 2021 | 102.6 | +10% |
| Jan 2021 | 93.4 | +4% |
| Dec 2020 | 90.0 | +8% |
| Nov 2020 | 83.6 | +7% |
| Oct 2020 | 77.8 | +7% |
| Sep 2020 | 72.9 | +4% |
| Aug 2020 | 70.1 | +4% |
| Jul 2020 | 67.3 | +3% |
| Jun 2020 | 65.2 | −2% |
| May 2020 | 66.5 | −14% |
| Apr 2020 | 77.4 | −21% |
| Mar 2020 | 98.2 | −2% |
| Feb 2020 | 99.7 | — |
Annual data
| Year | Software Postings Index (Indeed) | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 72.4 | +11% |
| 2025 | 65.1 | −6% |
| 2024 | 69.5 | −23% |
| 2023 | 90.5 | −54% |
| 2022 | 195.8 | +32% |
| 2021 | 148.1 | +87% |
| 2020 | 79.0 | — |
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