Job openings: Private: Manufacturing: Nondurable goods (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 nondurable goods sector stood at 142 thousand in August 2026, compared to 153 in July 2026.
Sample. There are 309 records in the monthly series presented in the chart above. The series covers the time period going from December 2000 to August 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few summary statistics we calculated on the entire sample: job openings in the nondurable goods sector had a mean value of 141 thousand; they hit a minimum of 44 in May 2009; they attained a maximum of 407 in October 2021.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Thousand |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 149.000 |
| 2026-07-31 | 153.000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 142.000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Job openings: Private: Manufacturing: Nondurable goods |
| 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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