Hires: Government: Federal (thousand; seasonally adjusted) - United States - BLS - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: US JOLTS survey (BLS)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In the United States, hires in the federal sector stood at 26 thousand in August 2026, versus 25 in July 2026.
Sample. There are 309 records in the monthly series shown in the chart above. The time span covered by the series is from December 2000 to August 2026.
History. Have a look at a few descriptive statistics calculated on the full sample: hires in the federal sector hit a trough of 18 thousand in May 2013; they recorded their highest level of 493 in May 2010; they were equal on average to 40.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Thousand |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 28.0000 |
| 2026-07-31 | 25.0000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 26.0000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Hires: Government: Federal |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Flow |
| Data type | Quantity |
| Seasonally adjusted | Yes |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | Thousand |
| Source | Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) |
| Source type | National statistical agency |
| Data licence | Public Domain Data |
| Other information | Not available |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | SM1 |
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