United States Job Openings

The number of job openings in the US increased to 7,079 thousand in October of 2018 from a downwardly revised 6,960 in September and above market expectations of 6,995 thousand. The number of job openings was little changed for total private (6,489 thousand from 6,340 thousand) and for government (590 thousand from 620 thousand). Job openings increased in information (+45,000), real estate and rental and leasing (+38,000), educational services (+20,000), and state and local government education (+17,000). The number of job openings decreased in state and local government, excluding education (-38,000) and transportation, warehousing, and utilities (-33,000). Job openings were little changed in all four regions. Job Offers in the United States averaged 4175.90 Thousand from 2000 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 7293 Thousand in August of 2018 and a record low of 2196 Thousand in July of 2009.

Job Offers in the United States is expected to be 5818.00 Thousand by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Job Offers in the United States to stand at 6600.00 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the United States Job Openings is projected to trend around 5800.00 Thousand in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2018-09-11	02:00 PM	JOLTs Job Openings	6.939M	6.822M	6.68M	6.6M
2018-10-16	02:00 PM	JOLTs Job Openings	7.136M	7.077M	6.945M	6.8M
2018-11-06	03:00 PM	JOLTs Job Openings	7.009M	7.293M	7.1M	7.1M
2018-12-10	03:00 PM	JOLTs Job Openings	7.079M	6.96M	6.995M	7.2M
2019-01-09	03:00 PM	JOLTs Job Openings		7.079M
2019-02-06	03:00 PM	JOLTs Job Openings				5.8M
2019-03-16	02:00 PM	JOLTs Job Openings

United States Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	3.70	3.70	10.80	2.50	percent	[+]
Non Farm Payrolls	155.00	237.00	1115.00	-834.00	Thousand	[+]
Nonfarm Payrolls Private	161.00	251.00	1089.00	-821.00	Thousand	[+]
Government Payrolls	-6.00	-14.00	427.00	-260.00	Thousand	[+]
Manufacturing Payrolls	27.00	26.00	572.00	-519.00	Thousand	[+]
Initial Jobless Claims	206.00	233.00	695.00	162.00	Thousand	[+]
Continuing Jobless Claims	1661.00	1636.00	6635.00	988.00	Thousand	[+]
ADP Employment Change	179.00	225.00	384.00	-836.00	Thousand	[+]
Employed Persons	156795.00	156562.00	156795.00	57635.00	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	5975.00	6075.00	15352.00	1596.00	Thousand	[+]
Average Hourly Earnings	0.20	0.10	0.60	-0.20	percent	[+]
Average Weekly Hours	34.40	34.50	34.60	33.70	Hours	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	62.90	62.90	67.30	58.10	percent	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	0.77	0.84	2.80	0.74	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	8.10	8.30	19.50	7.80	percent	[+]
Labour Costs	109.05	108.81	109.60	17.00	Index Points	[+]
Productivity	105.69	105.10	105.69	26.03	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	7320.00	7070.00	7320.00	2132.00	Thousand	[+]
Job Offers	7079.00	6960.00	7293.00	2196.00	Thousand	[+]
Challenger Job Cuts	53073.00	75644.00	248475.00	15100.00	Persons	[+]
Wages	22.95	22.88	22.95	2.50	USD/Hour	[+]
Wage Growth	4.60	4.79	13.78	-5.88	percent	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	21.82	21.67	21.82	1.27	USD/Hour	[+]
Minimum Wages	7.25	7.25	7.25	0.25	USD/Hour	[+]
Employment Cost Index	0.80	0.60	1.60	0.20	percent	[+]
Population	325.72	323.41	325.72	76.09	Million	[+]
Retirement Age Women	66.00	66.00	66.00	66.00		[+]
Retirement Age Men	66.00	66.00	66.00	66.00		[+]
Employment Rate	60.60	60.60	64.70	55.00	percent	[+]
Full Time Employment	129755.00	129212.00	129755.00	64640.00	Thousand	[+]
Part Time Employment	27039.00	27297.00	28134.00	10086.00	Thousand	[+]
Living Wage Family	2380.00	2270.00	2380.00	2160.00	USD/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	1660.00	1560.00	1660.00	1450.00	USD/Month	[+]
Wages High Skilled	4520.00	4330.00	4950.00	4330.00	USD/Month	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	1960.00	1760.00	2340.00	1760.00	USD/Month	[+]

United States Job Openings

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. This page provides the latest reported value for - United States Job Openings - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. United States Job Openings - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on December of 2018.