United States Job Offers

Last Release

Aug 31, 2024

Actual

8,040

Units In

Thousand

7,673

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Oct 29, 2024

Time to Release

25 Days 14 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
11,549 Mar 2022	2,232 Jul 2009	5,380.08 Thousand	2000-2024	U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

In the United States, job openings refer to all positions that are open (not filled) on the last business day of the month. Job openings are part of the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS). The survey collects data from around 16400 nonfarm establishments including retailers and manufacturers, as well as federal, state, and local government entities in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The JOLTS assesses the unmet demand for labor in the U.S. labor market and gained attention in 2014 as favorite labor market indicator of Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen.

Latest Updates

The number of job openings rose by 329,000 to 8.040 million in August 2024 from an upwardly revised 7.711 million in July and above market expectations of 7.655 million. The number of job openings increased in construction (+138,000) and in state and local government, excluding education (+78,000). Job openings decreased in other services (-93,000). Regarding regional distribution, job openings went up in the Northeast (+65,000), South (+41,000), Midwest (+132,000), and in the West (+92,000). Meanwhile, both the number of hires and total separations changed little at 5.3 million and 5.0 million, respectively. Within separations, the number of job quits decreased to 3.084 million, the lowest since August of 2020, from a downwardly revised 3.243 million in July.