Job openings: Private: Manufacturing (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 manufacturing sector were 522 thousand in August 2026, versus 576 in July.
Sample. This monthly series has 309 observations overall. The series covers the time period extending from December 2000 to August 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few summary statistics computed on the full sample: job openings in the manufacturing sector attained a maximum of 1,025 thousand in April 2022; they reached their lowest level of 88 in April 2009; they were equal on average to 369.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Thousand |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 501.000 |
| 2026-07-31 | 576.000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 522.000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Job openings: Private: Manufacturing |
| 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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