IT employment dips in July, but tech sector sees a gain

In industries such as finance, retail, healthcare and others, IT employment broadly declined in July by 88,000 jobs, or 1.9%, according to tech industry trade group CompTIA.
The cuts last month reduced occupational IT employment by 46,000 jobs so far this year, to about 4.43 million.
That sounds alarming, right? Perhaps not -- if you widen the picture a bit.
In June, IT occupational employment showed a net gain of 74,000 jobs, and this month-to-month volatility is normal because of the way the