Job openings: Private: Trade, transportation, and utilities (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 trade, transportation, and utilities sector were 1,287 thousand in August 2026, compared to 1,244 in July 2026.
Sample. This monthly time series has a total of 309 records. The series covers the time range going from December 2000 to August 2026.
History. Have a look at a few statistics we computed on the whole sample: job openings in the trade, transportation, and utilities sector reached their lowest level of 301 thousand in July 2009; they reached their maximum of 2,300 in March 2022; they were equal on average to 951.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Thousand |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 1,286.00 |
| 2026-07-31 | 1,244.00 |
| 2026-08-31 | 1,287.00 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Job openings: Private: Trade, transportation, and utilities |
| 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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