Hires: Private: Manufacturing (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 manufacturing sector were 332 thousand in August 2026, compared to 293 in July 2026.
Sample. There are 309 observations in the monthly time series presented in the graph above. The series covers the span of time stretching from December 2000 to August 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of some summary statistics we calculated on the full sample: hires in the manufacturing sector hit a peak of 628 thousand in May 2020; they reached a minimum of 178 in May 2009; they had an average value of 336.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Thousand |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 333.000 |
| 2026-07-31 | 293.000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 332.000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Hires: Private: Manufacturing |
| 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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