Hires: Total private (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, total private hires stood at 4,846 thousand in August 2026, versus 4,847 in the previous month.
Sample. There are 309 data points in the monthly series presented in the figure above. The series covers the time period stretching from December 2000 to August 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at some descriptive statistics we calculated on the whole sample: total private hires achieved a maximum of 7,875 thousand in May 2020; they recorded a bottom of 3,375 in June 2009; they had a mean value of 4,855.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Thousand |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 5,016.00 |
| 2026-07-31 | 4,847.00 |
| 2026-08-31 | 4,846.00 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Hires: Total private |
| 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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