Hires: Total (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 nonfarm hires were 5,192 thousand in August 2026, versus 5,146 in July 2026.
Sample. There are 309 data points in the monthly time series presented in the graph above. The series covers the time period going from December 2000 to August 2026.
History. Have a look at some simple statistics computed on the entire sample: total nonfarm hires achieved a maximum of 8,133 thousand in May 2020; they reached their minimum of 3,639 in June 2009; they had a mean of 5,190.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Thousand |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 5,332.00 |
| 2026-07-31 | 5,146.00 |
| 2026-08-31 | 5,192.00 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Hires: Total |
| 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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