Hires: Government (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 government sector were 346 thousand in August 2026, compared to 299 in July.
Sample. There are 309 records in the monthly time series displayed in the figure above. The time range covered by the series extends from December 2000 to August 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of some statistics computed on the full sample: hires in the government sector reached their highest level of 735 thousand in May 2010; they registered a minimum of 224 in April 2020; they had an average value of 335.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Thousand |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 316.000 |
| 2026-07-31 | 299.000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 346.000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Hires: Government |
| 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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