Job openings: Total private (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, total private job openings stood at 6,348 thousand in August 2026, versus 6,562 in July 2026.
Sample. There are 309 data points in the monthly series shown in the plot above. The time range covered by the series goes from December 2000 to August 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few simple statistics computed on the whole sample: total private job openings hit a minimum of 1,937 thousand in April 2009; they reached a maximum of 11,284 in March 2022; they had a mean value of 4,954.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Thousand |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 6,420.00 |
| 2026-07-31 | 6,562.00 |
| 2026-08-31 | 6,348.00 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Job openings: Total private |
| 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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