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Demand for workers in the US intensified in April as nationwide reopening squared off with an unprecedented labor shortage.

Job openings rose to a record-high 9.3 million from 8.3 million in April, according to Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, or JOLTS, data released Tuesday. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg held a median estimate of 8.2 million openings.

The reading marks a fourth consecutive jump in openings. The report also sheds more light on how the labor market performed through April. The month’s nonfarm payrolls report, released in early May, showed hiring drastically slowing as businesses details ⇒

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