evidence: Employer tech job posting volumes have not been this high since last June, according to a report by industry group CompTIA. The unemployment rate for tech occupations dropped three-tenths of a percentage point from 2.8% in April to 2.5% in May, well below the national rate of 4%. [...] Both the overall US unemployment rate, at 3.4%, and the number of unemployed, at 5.7 million, changed little in April, according to BLS data released today. The national unemployment rate has ranged between 3.4% and 3.7% since March 2022. The unemployment rate for tech occupations inched up to 2.3% in April from 2.2% in March, still well below the national unemployment rate, according to CompTIA’s evaluation.