Hires: Government: Federal (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, hires in the federal sector stood at 26 thousand in August 2026, compared to 25 in July 2026.
Sample. There are 309 observations in the monthly time series displayed in the figure above. The time span covered by the series is from December 2000 to August 2026.
History. Here's a peek at a few simple statistics we computed on the entire sample: hires in the federal sector attained a maximum of 493 thousand in May 2010; they reached their lowest level of 18 in May 2013; they averaged 40.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Thousand |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 28.0000 |
| 2026-07-31 | 25.0000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 26.0000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Hires: Government: Federal |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Flow |
| 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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