Hires: Government: State and local: Excluding 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 sector (excluding education) stood at 162 thousand in August 2026, compared to 140 in July 2026.
Sample. In this monthly series, there are 309 data points in total. The time span covered by the series extends from December 2000 to August 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at some summary statistics we computed on the whole sample: hires in the state and local sector (excluding education) had a mean value of 146 thousand; they recorded their maximum of 201 in February 2024; they reached a minimum of 77 in April 2020.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Thousand |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 146.000 |
| 2026-07-31 | 140.000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 162.000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Hires: Government: State and local: Excluding 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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