United States Job Openings

The number of job openings fell to 7.217 million in July 2019 from a downwardly revised 7.248 million in the previous month and below market expectations of 7.311 million. The job openings level declined in wholesale trade (-55,000) and in federal government (-11,000), but increased in information (+42,000) and in mining and logging (+11,000). The number of job openings were down in the South and Northeast. Job Offers in the United States averaged 4440.66 Thousand from 2000 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 7626 Thousand in November of 2018 and a record low of 2264 Thousand in July of 2009.

Job Offers in the United States is expected to be 7200.00 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 7000.00 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the United States Job Openings is projected to trend around 6600.00 Thousand in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2019-06-10	02:00 PM	JOLTs Job Openings Apr	7.449M	7.474M	7.479M	7.4M
2019-07-09	02:00 PM	JOLTs Job Openings May	7.323M	7.372M	7.47M	7.415M
2019-08-06	02:00 PM	JOLTs Job Openings Jun	7.348M	7.384M	7.317M	7.1M
2019-09-10	02:00 PM	JOLTs Job Openings Jul	7.217M	7.248M	7.311M	7.2M
2019-10-09	02:00 PM	JOLTs Job Openings Aug		7.217M		7.1M
2019-11-05	03:00 PM	JOLTs Job Openings Sep				7.2M
2019-12-17	03:00 PM	JOLTs Job Openings Oct

United States Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	3.70	3.70	10.80	2.50	percent	[+]
Non Farm Payrolls	130.00	159.00	1118.00	-1959.00	Thousand	[+]
Nonfarm Payrolls Private	96.00	131.00	1092.00	-1766.00	Thousand	[+]
Government Payrolls	34.00	28.00	427.00	-260.00	Thousand	[+]
Manufacturing Payrolls	3.00	4.00	655.00	-1715.00	Thousand	[+]
Initial Jobless Claims	208.00	206.00	695.00	162.00	Thousand	[+]
Continuing Jobless Claims	1661.00	1674.00	6635.00	988.00	Thousand	[+]
ADP Employment Change	195.00	142.00	360.00	-706.00	Thousand	[+]
Employed Persons	157878.00	157288.00	157878.00	57635.00	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	6044.00	6063.00	15352.00	1596.00	Thousand	[+]
Average Hourly Earnings	0.40	0.30	0.60	-0.20	percent	[+]
Average Weekly Hours	34.40	34.30	34.60	33.70	Hours	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	63.20	63.00	67.30	58.10	percent	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	0.71	0.87	4.40	0.08	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	8.60	8.50	19.50	7.80	percent	[+]
Labour Costs	111.98	111.28	111.98	17.00	Index Points	[+]
Productivity	107.54	106.93	107.54	25.99	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	7471.00	7225.00	7884.00	2157.00	Thousand	[+]
Job Offers	7217.00	7248.00	7626.00	2264.00	Thousand	[+]
Challenger Job Cuts	53480.00	38845.00	248475.00	15100.00	Persons	[+]
Wages	23.59	23.46	23.59	2.50	USD/Hour	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	22.19	22.13	22.19	1.27	USD/Hour	[+]
Wage Growth	5.20	5.45	13.78	-5.88	percent	[+]
Minimum Wages	7.25	7.25	7.25	0.25	USD/Hour	[+]
Employment Cost Index	0.60	0.70	2.00	0.20	percent	[+]
Population	327.17	325.15	327.17	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		[+]
Wages Low Skilled	1960.00	1760.00	2340.00	1760.00	USD/Month	[+]
Wages High Skilled	4520.00	4330.00	4950.00	4330.00	USD/Month	[+]
Employment Rate	60.90	60.70	64.70	55.00	percent	[+]
Full Time Employment	130789.00	130429.00	130789.00	64640.00	Thousand	[+]
Part Time Employment	26974.00	26861.00	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	[+]

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 2019.