Hires: Private: Information (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 information sector were 44 thousand in August 2026, versus 62 in July.
Sample. There are 309 data points in the monthly time series presented in the chart above. The time span covered by the series extends from December 2000 to August 2026.
History. Check out some summary statistics we computed on the full sample: hires in the information sector hit a trough of 40 thousand in April 2020; they reached their highest level of 171 in January 2001; they had an average value of 82.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Thousand |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 73.0000 |
| 2026-07-31 | 62.0000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 44.0000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Hires: Private: Information |
| 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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