Job openings: Total (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, total nonfarm job openings were 7,079 thousand in August 2026, compared to 7,335 in July 2026.
Sample. This monthly series has 309 data points overall. The series covers the period going from December 2000 to August 2026.
History. Check out a few statistics we computed on the entire sample: total nonfarm job openings reached a trough of 2,232 thousand in July 2009; they reached their highest level of 12,301 in March 2022; they had a mean value of 5,515.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Thousand |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 7,182.00 |
| 2026-07-31 | 7,335.00 |
| 2026-08-31 | 7,079.00 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Job openings: Total |
| 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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