Hires: Private: Transportation, warehousing, and utilities (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 transportation, warehousing, and utilities sector were 247 thousand in August 2026, compared to 273 in the previous month.
Sample. This monthly series has a total of 309 records. The series covers the time range extending from December 2000 to August 2026.
History. Take a look at a few summary statistics we calculated on the entire sample: hires in the transportation, warehousing, and utilities sector achieved a maximum of 421 thousand in October 2020; they recorded a bottom of 108 in December 2008; they averaged 208.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Thousand |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 309.000 |
| 2026-07-31 | 273.000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 247.000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Hires: Private: Transportation, warehousing, and utilities |
| 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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