Though it’s long been considered a safe path to a high-paying role, an engineering degree is no longer a guarantee in today’s difficult job market.

Hiring of new graduates overall fell 20% between December 2019 and April 2026, according to LinkedIn data provided exclusively to Forbes. But for engineering majors, jobs were down by 25%—the largest drop of any of the 20 most common majors on LinkedIn’s platform.

“There was a time where we told everyone to code, and we thought that was a very safe role,” says Kory Kantenga, LinkedIn’s Head of Economics, Americas. “And now we see for folks who graduate with computer science degrees, unemployment is relatively elevated.”

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President Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs on the European Union in retaliation for its fines against American tech companies, saying the U.S. will investigate and reverse the penalties.

Paramount Skydance will delay its $110 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery until 2027 after a judge temporarily blocked it amid a legal challenge from 12 states.

Chipmaker CXMT, whose memory chips have been sought by Apple, briefly became mainland China’s most valuable publicly listed company in its blockbuster trading debut on Monday.

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