United States Job Offers

Last Release

Feb 28, 2025

Actual

7,568

Units In

Thousand

7,740

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Apr 29, 2025

Time to Release

26 Days 15 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
11,549 Mar 2022	2,232 Jul 2009	5,427.27 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

The number of job openings decreased by 194,000 to 7.568 million in February 2025 from an upwardly revised 7.762 million in January and below market expectations of 7.63 million. Job openings decreased in retail trade (-126,000), finance and insurance (-80,000), health care and social assistance (-46,000), leisure and hospitality (-61,000) and manufacturing (-31,000). Regarding regional distribution, job openings fell in the Northeast (-34,000), the South (-74,000), the Midwest (-34,000) and in the West (-51,000). Meanwhile, hires and total separations held at 5.4 million and 5.3 million, respectively. Within separations, quits (3.2 million) and layoffs and discharges (1.8 million) changed little.