Hires: Government: State and local (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 state and local sector were 320 thousand in August 2026, compared to 274 in July 2026.
Sample. There are 309 observations in the monthly series displayed in the chart above. The time period covered by the series goes from December 2000 to August 2026.
History. Have a look at a few descriptive statistics computed on the entire sample: hires in the state and local sector attained a maximum of 407 thousand in July 2022; they recorded a bottom of 183 in April 2020; they had an average value of 294.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Thousand |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 288.000 |
| 2026-07-31 | 274.000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 320.000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Hires: Government: State and local |
| 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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