Job openings: Private: Education and health services: Health care and social assistance (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 health care and social assistance sector were 1,359 thousand in August 2026, versus 1,474 in July.
Sample. In this monthly series, there are 309 data points. The span of time covered by the series extends from December 2000 to August 2026.
History. Take a look at some statistics computed on the whole sample: job openings in the health care and social assistance sector hit a maximum of 2,106 thousand in March 2022; they reached their minimum of 408 in June 2010; they were equal on average to 947.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Thousand |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 1,384.00 |
| 2026-07-31 | 1,474.00 |
| 2026-08-31 | 1,359.00 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Job openings: Private: Education and health services: Health care and social assistance |
| 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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