Job openings: Private: Manufacturing: Durable goods (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 durable goods sector stood at 380 thousand in August 2026, compared to 423 in July 2026.
Sample. In this monthly series, there are a total of 309 observations. The span of time covered by the series is from December 2000 to August 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few simple statistics calculated on the whole sample: job openings in the durable goods sector had a mean value of 228 thousand; they hit a trough of 42 in July 2009; they recorded a maximum of 657 in April 2022.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Thousand |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 353.000 |
| 2026-07-31 | 423.000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 380.000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Job openings: Private: Manufacturing: Durable goods |
| 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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