Job openings: Government: Federal (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, job openings in the federal sector were 113 thousand in August 2026, compared to 97 in July.
Sample. The monthly series shown in the chart has a total of 309 data points. The series covers the time span stretching from December 2000 to August 2026.
History. Here are a few descriptive statistics calculated on the whole sample: job openings in the federal sector recorded a bottom of 25 thousand in May 2009; they achieved a maximum of 374 in April 2010; they were equal on average to 86.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Thousand |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 110.000 |
| 2026-07-31 | 97.0000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 113.000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Job openings: Government: Federal |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Stock |
| 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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