Unfilled Jobs Grow in Low-Skilled Fields

Retail and hospitality positions account for a third of the one million new job openings in past year

Eric Morath

Updated Dec. 10, 2018 2:28 p.m. ET

Low-skilled jobs are becoming increasingly difficult for employers to fill.

The number of unfilled jobs in the U.S. grew by 1.02 million at the end of October from a year earlier, the Labor Department said Monday. More than a third of those new openings were in two fields typically packed with entry-level positions: accommodation and food service and retail.

That...