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

The latest reading SOTW holds for United States is 7,523 Job openings in thousands for 2026-09, from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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

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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Latest
7,523
Job openings in thousands · 2026-09 · Provisional (P)
Previous
7,190
Job openings in thousands · 2026-08
Oldest shown
5,591
Job openings in thousands · 2016-10
Readings shown
120
Newest readings; the full history is in the API

United States · history

Job openings in thousands · Monthly

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Viewer read 2026-11-12T09:27:14.693Z (UTC); publisher acquisition and release times are not supplied here. Original units; no interpolation, rebasing or conversion. Missing periods and stored U/B flags interrupt the line. Daily gaps can include non-business days.

Readings, newest first

United States JOLTS job openings level, total nonfarm, seasonally adjusted: United States: 120 readings, newest first. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
PeriodValue (Job openings in thousands)Status
2026-097,523Provisional (P)
2026-087,190
2026-077,335
2026-067,182
2026-057,537
2026-047,585
2026-036,887
2026-026,922
2026-017,240
2025-126,550
2025-116,846
2025-107,170
2025-097,169
2025-086,919
2025-077,089
2025-067,204
2025-057,310
2025-047,098
2025-036,952
2025-027,242
2025-017,431
2024-127,295
2024-117,566
2024-107,379
2024-096,943
2024-087,520
2024-077,426
2024-067,416
2024-057,782
2024-047,529
2024-038,206
2024-028,440
2024-018,378
2023-128,520
2023-118,602
2023-108,580
2023-099,259
2023-089,254
2023-078,657
2023-069,180
2023-059,368
2023-049,966
2023-039,655
2023-029,857
2023-0110,318
2022-1210,902
2022-1110,632
2022-1010,447
2022-0910,800
2022-0810,092
2022-0711,576
2022-0611,283
2022-0511,535
2022-0411,861
2022-0312,301
2022-0211,698
2022-0111,210
2021-1211,520
2021-1111,199
2021-1011,238
2021-0910,834
2021-0810,872
2021-0710,983
2021-0610,319
2021-059,954
2021-049,346
2021-038,499
2021-027,827
2021-017,162
2020-126,773
2020-116,820
2020-106,798
2020-096,511
2020-086,429
2020-076,530
2020-066,129
2020-055,612
2020-044,606
2020-035,894
2020-026,966
2020-017,124
2019-126,699
2019-116,888
2019-107,289
2019-097,124
2019-087,178
2019-077,042
2019-067,194
2019-057,275
2019-047,272
2019-037,317
2019-027,066
2019-017,502
2018-127,489
2018-117,594
2018-107,304
2018-097,411
2018-087,208
2018-077,190
2018-067,230
2018-057,016
2018-046,877
2018-036,818
2018-026,552
2018-016,621
2017-126,336
2017-116,271
2017-106,408
2017-096,320
2017-086,276
2017-076,238
2017-066,305
2017-055,826
2017-046,091
2017-035,811
2017-025,923
2017-015,617
2016-125,964
2016-115,971
2016-105,591

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Newest 120 readings shown, 2016-10 to 2026-09. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Original API retrieval dates: 2026-11-11. BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.

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