United States Job Openings  2000-2017 | Data | Chart | Calendar | Forecast

The number of job openings in the United States increased to an all-time high of 6.170 million in July 2017 from a downwardly revised 6.116 million in June and above market expectations of 5.96 million. The largest increases in job openings were recorded in other services (111,000), transportation, warehousing, and utilities (70,000), and educational services (26,000). By contrast, job openings decreased in health care and social assistance (-72,000), state and local government, excluding education (-46,000), and federal government (-21,000). Job Offers in the United States averaged 4000.03 Thousands from 2000 until 2017, reaching an all time high of 6170 Thousands in July of 2017 and a record low of 2196 Thousands in July of 2009.

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Calendar GMT Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2017-07-11 02:00 PM JOLTs Job Openings 5.666M 5.967M 5.950M 5.9M
2017-08-08 02:00 PM JOLTs Job Openings 6.163M 5.702M 5.6M
2017-09-12 02:00 PM JOLTs Job Openings 6.17M 6.116M 5.960M 6M
2017-10-11 02:00 PM JOLTs Job Openings 6.17M 6M
2017-11-07 03:00 PM JOLTs Job Openings 6.2M
2017-12-11 03:00 PM JOLTs Job Openings 6.1M


United States Labour Last Previous Highest Lowest Unit
Unemployment Rate 4.40 4.30 10.80 2.50 percent [+]
Non Farm Payrolls 156.00 189.00 1115.00 -834.00 Thousand [+]
Nonfarm Payrolls Private 165.00 202.00 1089.00 -816.00 Thousand [+]
Government Payrolls -9.00 -13.00 427.00 -260.00 Thousand [+]
Manufacturing Payrolls 36.00 26.00 572.00 -519.00 Thousand [+]
Initial Jobless Claims 284.00 298.00 695.00 162.00 Thousand [+]
Continuing Jobless Claims 1944.00 1951.00 6635.00 988.00 Thousand [+]
ADP Employment Change 237.00 201.00 384.00 -846.00 Thousand [+]
Employed Persons 153439.00 153513.00 153513.00 57635.00 Thousand [+]
Unemployed Persons 7132.00 6981.00 15352.00 1596.00 Thousand [+]
Average Hourly Earnings 0.10 0.30 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 1.08 1.11 2.80 1.01 percent [+]
Youth Unemployment Rate 8.90 9.00 19.50 7.80 percent [+]
Labour Costs 108.81 108.75 109.07 17.12 Index Points [+]
Productivity 108.08 107.66 108.08 27.60 Index Points [+]
Job Vacancies 6502.00 6138.00 6502.00 2132.00 Thousand [+]
Job Offers 6170.00 6116.00 6170.00 2196.00 Thousands [+]
Challenger Job Cuts 33825.00 28307.00 248475.00 15100.00 Persons [+]
Wages 22.12 22.08 22.12 2.50 USD/Hour [+]
Wages in Manufacturing 20.85 20.96 20.96 1.27 USD/Hour [+]
Wage Growth 2.95 3.49 13.77 -5.77 percent [+]
Minimum Wages 7.25 7.25 7.25 0.25 USD/Hour [+]
Employment Cost Index 0.50 0.80 1.60 0.20 percent [+]
Labor Market Conditions Index 1.50 3.30 32.00 -48.40 Index Points [+]
Population 324.30 322.06 324.30 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 [+]
Living Wage Family 1496.20 1497.50 1497.50 1433.00 USD/Month [+]
Living Wage Individual 1407.76 1399.20 1407.76 1302.75 USD/Month [+]
Part Time Employment 27569.00 27535.00 28134.00 10086.00 Thousand [+]
Full Time Employment 125755.00 125921.00 125987.00 64640.00 Thousand [+]
Employment Rate 60.10 60.20 64.70 55.00 percent [+]
Wages Low Skilled 1780.00 1810.00 1860.00 1450.00 USD/Month [+]
Wages High Skilled 4130.00 4150.00 4150.00 4000.00 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 September of 2017.

Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
6170.00 6116.00 6170.00 2196.00 2000 - 2017 Thousands Monthly
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