Job openings: Private: Manufacturing: Nondurable 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 nondurable goods sector were 142 thousand in August 2026, compared to 153 in July.
Sample. The monthly time series plotted above has a total of 309 observations. The time span covered by the series extends from December 2000 to August 2026.
History. Check out a few statistics computed on the full sample: job openings in the nondurable goods sector achieved a maximum of 407 thousand in October 2021; they reached their minimum of 44 in May 2009; they had a mean value of 141.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Thousand |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 149.000 |
| 2026-07-31 | 153.000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 142.000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Job openings: Private: Manufacturing: Nondurable 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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