Hires: Government: State and local (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 were 320 thousand in August 2026, compared to 274 in July.
Sample. In the monthly series shown in the plot, there are a total of 309 data points. The time span covered by the series is from December 2000 to August 2026.
History. Here are a few summary statistics calculated on the full sample: hires in the state and local sector hit a trough of 183 thousand in April 2020; they reached their highest level of 407 in July 2022; they had a mean value of 294.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Thousand |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 288.000 |
| 2026-07-31 | 274.000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 320.000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Hires: Government: State and local |
| 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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