Job openings: Government: State and local: Excluding education (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 state and local sector (excluding education) were 390 thousand in August 2026, versus 437 in the previous month.
Sample. This monthly series has a total of 309 data points. The series covers the span of time stretching from December 2000 to August 2026.
History. Check out a few statistics computed on the whole sample: job openings in the state and local sector (excluding education) averaged 306 thousand; they recorded a maximum of 655 in June 2023; they reached a trough of 131 in June 2010.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Thousand |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 386.000 |
| 2026-07-31 | 437.000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 390.000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Job openings: Government: State and local: Excluding education |
| 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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