United States JOLTS job openings level, total nonfarm, seasonally adjusted

Reviewed series · Labor · Monthly · Job openings in thousands · BLS.USA.JOLTS.OPENINGS.LVL.SA.M

JOLTS total nonfarm job-openings level, seasonally adjusted, in thousands. Counts positions open on the last business day of the reference month, with work available, a start possible within 30 days, and active external recruitment. This is a stock of vacancies, not a flow of hires during the month or an openings rate. Context reported in the original current-history API acquisition on 2026-10-13 UTC, rather than a statement of future current flags or historical release vintages: August 2026 carries P/preliminary. Revisions and historical methodology changes are expected; older published-table vintages are not used as substitutes for the captured current history. JOLTS last business day of the reference month; stock of job openings. Exact source reference date unknown; calendar month end is a SOTW coverage/freshness boundary. Original numbers, explicit missing rows and footnotes retained. No growth rates, payroll changes or release times are computed. Absent preliminary flags do not establish finality.

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