Hires: Private: Information (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 information sector stood at 44 thousand in August 2026, compared to 62 in the previous month.
Sample. In the monthly series displayed in the graph, there are 309 records overall. The series covers the span of time going from December 2000 to August 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of some descriptive statistics computed on the entire sample: hires in the information sector reached their highest level of 171 thousand in January 2001; they hit a minimum of 40 in April 2020; they averaged 82.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Thousand |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 73.0000 |
| 2026-07-31 | 62.0000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 44.0000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Hires: Private: Information |
| 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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