Hires: Private: Leisure and hospitality: Arts, entertainment, and recreation (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 arts, entertainment, and recreation sector were 155 thousand in August 2026, compared to 147 in the previous month.
Sample. In this monthly time series, there are 309 records in total. The series covers the span of time stretching from December 2000 to August 2026.
History. Have a look at a few summary statistics calculated on the full sample: hires in the arts, entertainment, and recreation sector recorded a maximum of 247 thousand in May 2025; they recorded a bottom of 31 in April 2020; they were equal on average to 147.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Thousand |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 139.000 |
| 2026-07-31 | 147.000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 155.000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Hires: Private: Leisure and hospitality: Arts, entertainment, and recreation |
| 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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