United States Job Offers

Last Release

Oct 31, 2024

Actual

7,744

Units In

Thousand

7,443

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Jan 07, 2025

Time to Release

1 Months 2 Days 15 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
11,549 Mar 2022	2,232 Jul 2009	5,394.88 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 increased by 372,000 to 7.744 million in October 2024 from a downwardly revised 7.372 million in September and above market expectations of 7.48 million. Job openings increased in professional and business services (+209,000), accommodation and food services (+162,000), and information (+87,000) but decreased in federal government (-26,000). Regarding regional distribution, job openings rose in the South (486,000), and in the West (133,000), but fell in the Northeast (-195,000) and in the Midwest (-52,000). Meanwhile, the number of hires and total separations changed little at 5.3 million. Within separations, quits (3.3 million) and layoffs and discharges (1.6 million) changed little.