United States Job Offers

Last Release

Nov 30, 2024

Actual

8,098

Units In

Thousand

7,744

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Feb 04, 2025

Time to Release

26 Days 15 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
11,549 Mar 2022	2,232 Jul 2009	5,404.26 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 259,000 to 8,098 million in November 2024, from an upwardly revised 7.839 million in October and above market expectations of 7.70 million. The number of job openings increased in professional and business services (+273,000), finance and insurance (+105,000), and private educational services (+38,000) but decreased in information (-89,000). Regarding regional distribution, job openings rose in the South (+194,000), the Northeast (+49,000) and in the West (+32,000), but decreased in the Midwest (-16,000). Meanwhile, the number of hires and total separations changed little at 5.3 million and 5.1 million, respectively. Within separations, the number of quits decreased by 218,000 to 3.1 million and the number of layoffs and discharges changed little at 1.8 million.