Hires: Private: Wholesale trade (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 wholesale trade sector were 171 thousand in August 2026, compared to 159 in July.
Sample. In the monthly time series shown 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 quick look at some summary statistics computed on the full sample: hires in the wholesale trade sector hit a peak of 219 thousand in May 2020; they hit a trough of 96 in January 2010; they were equal on average to 147.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Thousand |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 154.000 |
| 2026-07-31 | 159.000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 171.000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Hires: Private: Wholesale trade |
| 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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