Hires: Private: Manufacturing: Durable goods (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 durable goods sector were 188 thousand in August 2026, compared to 179 in the previous month.
Sample. In this monthly time series, there are 309 records in total. The series covers the time range going from December 2000 to August 2026.
History. Check out some summary statistics computed on the full sample: hires in the durable goods sector hit a peak of 368 thousand in May 2020; they reached their lowest level of 67 in May 2009; they had a mean of 193.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Thousand |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 208.000 |
| 2026-07-31 | 179.000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 188.000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Hires: Private: Manufacturing: Durable goods |
| 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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