Hires: Private: Manufacturing: Durable goods (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 durable goods sector were 188 thousand in August 2026, compared to 179 in July 2026.
Sample. This monthly time series has 309 observations overall. The series covers the time period extending from December 2000 to August 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few simple statistics we computed on the entire sample: hires in the durable goods sector hit a peak of 368 thousand in May 2020; they hit a trough of 67 in May 2009; they had a mean value of 193.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Thousand |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 208.000 |
| 2026-07-31 | 179.000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 188.000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Hires: Private: Manufacturing: Durable goods |
| 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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