United States Job Offers

Last Release

Apr 30, 2025

Actual

7,391

Units In

Thousand

7,192

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Jul 01, 2025

Time to Release

26 Days 4 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
11,549 Mar 2022	2,232 Jul 2009	5,439.7 Thousand	2000-2025	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

Job openings in the United States rose by 191,000 to 7.391 million in April 2025, above market expectations of 7.10 million. The number of job openings increased in arts, entertainment, and recreation (+43K), mining and logging (+10K), retail trade (+46K), transportation, warehousing, and utilities (+19K), information (+27K), real estate and rental and leasing (+10K), professional and business services (+171K), private education and health services (+115K). On the other hand, the number of job openings decreased in accommodation and food services (-135K) and in state and local government, education (-51K). Regarding regional distribution, job openings rose in the Northeast (116K), the South (127K), and in the West (33K), but fell in the Midwest (-85K). Meanwhile, both hires and total separations were little changed at 5.6 million and 5.3 million, respectively. Within separations, quits (3.2 million) and layoffs and discharges (1.8 million) changed little.