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Job openings in the US edged higher in May as businesses continued to jostle over an unusually small supply of workers.

Openings rose to a record-high 9.21 million from 9.19 million last month, according to Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, or JOLTS, data published Wednesday. That landed below the median estimate of 9.33 million from economists surveyed by Bloomberg.

Job listings climbed for five straight months as vaccination began and reopening led businesses to hire. The May increase in openings also came as hiring rebounded after dismal growth in April. Taken together, the data details ⇒

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