The labor markets in 37 U.S. states are currently tighter than before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recent report from LinkedIn's economic graph team.
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