Hires: Government: State and local: Education (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 state and local education sector were 158 thousand in August 2026, versus 134 in July.
Sample. There are 309 data points in the monthly series shown in the plot above. The series covers the time span stretching from December 2000 to August 2026.
History. Have a look at a few simple statistics computed on the full sample: hires in the state and local education sector peaked at 231 thousand in July 2022; they hit a trough of 63 in July 2009; they were equal on average to 148.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Thousand |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 142.000 |
| 2026-07-31 | 134.000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 158.000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Hires: Government: State and local: Education |
| 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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