Job openings: Government: State and local (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 were 618 thousand in August 2026, compared to 676 in July.
Sample. There are 309 observations in the monthly series displayed in the figure above. The series covers the time span going from December 2000 to August 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at some summary statistics we computed on the entire sample: job openings in the state and local sector had a mean of 475 thousand; they reached a trough of 214 in June 2010; they reached their highest level of 1,067 in July 2022.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Thousand |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 652.000 |
| 2026-07-31 | 676.000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 618.000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Job openings: Government: State and local |
| 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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