Job openings: Government: State and local: Excluding education (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 state and local sector (excluding education) were 390 thousand in August 2026, compared to 437 in July.
Sample. There are 309 data points overall in the monthly time series presented in the plot above. The series covers the time period going from December 2000 to August 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few summary statistics computed on the whole sample: job openings in the state and local sector (excluding education) had a mean value of 306 thousand; they reached their highest level of 655 in June 2023; they reached a minimum of 131 in June 2010.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Thousand |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 386.000 |
| 2026-07-31 | 437.000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 390.000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Job openings: Government: State and local: Excluding education |
| 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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