Summary:

• The Indeed Hiring Lab’s Q2 2026 update analyzes five U.S. labor market verticals for the second quarter, focusing on job postings, wage growth, and quit rates across sectors: Transportation, Retail, Business-to-Business (B2B), Tech, and Healthcare.
• Transportation: signs of life with rising Loading & Stocking postings; Driving postings down; Driving wages growing faster than the market; rising Transportation quit rates.
• Retail: overall postings similar to the market trend, but most categories down year-over-year; Retail wage growth accelerating; quits up in Retail Trade and Leisure & Hospitality.
• B2B: some positive signals despite a slow overall market; Banking & Finance, Production & Manufacturing, and Insurance postings up YoY; Accounting and Construction wage growth outpacing the market.
• Tech: notable gains in Software Development postings amid AI rollout uncertainty; tech quits rates remain low as workers stay in place.
• Healthcare: continued outperformance relative to other sectors (specific details not provided in the excerpt).
• Overall takeaway: while some sectors show resilience (Tech, Healthcare, parts of B2B), others face softer posting levels and rising quits in Retail; wage growth varies by vertical, with certain occupations and industries outpacing the broader market.

If you want, I can pull specific charts or figures from the report for each vertical.