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title: "US professional services added 70K jobs in October, the most since July 2022, as AI-exposed consulting, legal, and accounting all grew despite AI job-loss fears (Ian Hodgson/Wall Street Journal)"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/us-professional-services-added-70k-jobs-in-october-the-most-since-july-a0db6cc3
published: 2026-11-08T21:45:03.000Z
byline: "Source: TECHMEME"
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# US professional services added 70K jobs in October, the most since July 2022, as AI-exposed consulting, legal, and accounting all grew despite AI job-loss fears (Ian Hodgson/Wall Street Journal)

Source: TECHMEME · Published 2026-11-08 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/us-professional-services-added-70k-jobs-in-october-the-most-since-july-a0db6cc3

Ian Hodgson / Wall Street Journal : US professional services added 70K jobs in October, the most since July 2022, as AI-exposed consulting, legal, and accounting all grew despite AI job-loss fears — Strong hiring at law offices, consulting firms staves off fears of job apocalypse — Consulting firms, law offices …

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## Sources

- [Read the original at TECHMEME](https://www.techmeme.com/261108/p15#a261108p15)

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