Job openings: Government: Federal (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, job openings in the federal sector were 113 thousand in August 2026, compared to 97 in July.
Sample. The monthly series displayed in the plot has a total of 309 data points. The series covers the span of time going from December 2000 to August 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of some descriptive statistics we computed on the entire sample: job openings in the federal sector reached their maximum of 374 thousand in April 2010; they recorded a bottom of 25 in May 2009; they had a mean value of 86.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Thousand |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 110.000 |
| 2026-07-31 | 97.0000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 113.000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Job openings: Government: Federal |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Stock |
| 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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