Vacancies are increasing as companies, running lean from recession-era job cutting, seek to boost headcount amid accelerating growth in the worlds largest economy.
The drop in the number of applications back under 300,000 will help ease concern that the pace of job-market improvement was cooling heading into the holiday-shopping season.
The number of Americans filing applications for unemployment benefits plunged last week to a two-month low, a sign the labor market continues to strengthen.
Median income adjusted for inflation rose 2 percent to $223,200 for the wealthiest 10 percent of households from 2010 to 2013. The bottom 60 percent saw the biggest declines.
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