United States Job Openings

The number of job openings in the US reached an all-time high of 7.335 million in December 2018 from an upwardly revised 7.166 million in the previous month and above market expectations of 6.9 million. The number of job openings rose for total private (+198,000) and was little changed for government. Across industries, the largest increases in the job openings level were recorded in construction (+88,000), accommodation & food services (+84,000), and health care & social assistance (+79,000). Meanwhile, job openings declined in non-durable goods manufacturing (-37,000), federal government (-32,000), and real estate & rental and leasing (-31,000). Job Offers in the United States averaged 4204.47 Thousand from 2000 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 7335 Thousand in December of 2018 and a record low of 2196 Thousand in July of 2009.

Job Offers in the United States is expected to be 6300.00 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 5818.00 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the United States Job Openings is projected to trend around 5600.00 Thousand in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
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
2019-01-08	03:00 PM	JOLTs Job Openings	6.888M	7.131M	7.063M	7.1M
2019-02-12	03:00 PM	JOLTs Job Openings	7.335M	7.166M	6.9M	6.9M
2019-03-15	02:00 PM	JOLTs Job Openings		7.335M
2019-04-09	02:00 PM	JOLTs Job Openings
2019-05-07	02:00 PM	JOLTs Job Openings				6.3M

United States Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	4.00	3.90	10.80	2.50	percent	[+]
Non Farm Payrolls	304.00	222.00	1118.00	-1959.00	Thousand	[+]
Nonfarm Payrolls Private	296.00	206.00	1092.00	-811.00	Thousand	[+]
Government Payrolls	8.00	16.00	427.00	-260.00	Thousand	[+]
Manufacturing Payrolls	13.00	20.00	572.00	-519.00	Thousand	[+]
Initial Jobless Claims	239.00	235.00	695.00	162.00	Thousand	[+]
Continuing Jobless Claims	1773.00	1736.00	6635.00	988.00	Thousand	[+]
ADP Employment Change	213.00	263.00	384.00	-836.00	Thousand	[+]
Employed Persons	156694.00	156945.00	156945.00	57635.00	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	6535.00	6294.00	15352.00	1596.00	Thousand	[+]
Average Hourly Earnings	0.10	0.40	0.60	-0.20	percent	[+]
Average Weekly Hours	34.50	34.50	34.60	33.70	Hours	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	63.20	63.10	67.30	58.10	percent	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	0.80	0.77	4.40	0.08	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	9.10	8.70	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	6890.00	6540.00	7320.00	2132.00	Thousand	[+]
Job Offers	7335.00	7166.00	7335.00	2196.00	Thousand	[+]
Challenger Job Cuts	52988.00	43884.00	248475.00	15100.00	Persons	[+]
Wages	23.12	23.05	23.12	2.50	USD/Hour	[+]
Wage Growth	4.20	4.49	13.78	-5.88	percent	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	21.86	21.91	21.91	1.27	USD/Hour	[+]
Minimum Wages	7.25	7.25	7.25	0.25	USD/Hour	[+]
Employment Cost Index	0.70	0.80	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	60.70	60.60	64.70	55.00	percent	[+]
Full Time Employment	129837.00	129913.00	129913.00	64640.00	Thousand	[+]
Part Time Employment	26752.00	26994.00	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 February of 2019.