United States Job Offers

Last Release

Aug 31, 2025

Actual

7,227

Units In

Thousand

7,208

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Nov 04, 2025

Time to Release

30 Days 8 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
11,549 Mar 2022	2,232 Jul 2009	5,466.04 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 US increased by 19,000 to 7.227 million in August 2025, from an upwardly revised 7.208 million reading in July, in line with market expectations. The number of job openings rose in health care and social assistance (+81,000), leisure and hospitality (+97,000), and retail trade (+55,000). On the other hand, openings decreased in construction (-115,000) and in the federal government (-61,000). Regionally, openings increased in the South (86,000) and the Midwest (44,000), but fell in the Northeast (-66,000) and the West (-46,000). Meanwhile, both hires and total separations were little changed at 5.1 million. Within separations, both quits (3.1 million) and layoffs and discharges (1.7 million) were little changed.