Job openings: Government: State and local (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 were 618 thousand in August 2026, compared to 676 in July 2026.
Sample. There are 309 data points in the monthly series shown in the chart above. The span of time covered by the series extends from December 2000 to August 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of a few descriptive statistics we calculated on the entire sample: job openings in the state and local sector attained a maximum of 1,067 thousand in July 2022; they recorded a minimum of 214 in June 2010; they were equal on average to 475.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Thousand |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 652.000 |
| 2026-07-31 | 676.000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 618.000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Job openings: Government: State and local |
| 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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