5.05M
Jul 2026 (latest)
HIRES
hires per month, thousands, seasonally adjusted · 2001–2026 · higher is better · BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, via FRED JTSHIL
6.18M
Nov 2022
8.13M
high · May 2020
4.03M
low · Apr 2020
−18%
since Nov 2022
┊ on the monthly chart the dashed line marks ChatGPT released (Nov 30, 2022); on the annual views, 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. Total nonfarm hires during the month. Monthly, seasonally adjusted, from December 2000. Revised each spring with JOLTS benchmarks. Annual figure is the twelve-month average.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/JTSHIL
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Employment-And-Jobs
Monthly data
The publisher's own cadence, every period. The annual table below is derived from these values (annual average); the annual figures are what the almanac pages and the machine-readable exports carry.
| Period | Hires | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | 5.05M | −5% |
| Jun 2026 | 5.33M | +2% |
| May 2026 | 5.25M | +1% |
| Apr 2026 | 5.21M | −6% |
| Mar 2026 | 5.54M | +13% |
| Feb 2026 | 4.90M | −8% |
| Jan 2026 | 5.35M | +1% |
| Dec 2025 | 5.27M | +5% |
| Nov 2025 | 5.02M | −3% |
| Oct 2025 | 5.18M | −1% |
| Sep 2025 | 5.24M | +2% |
| Aug 2025 | 5.14M | −2% |
| Jul 2025 | 5.22M | −2% |
| Jun 2025 | 5.33M | −0% |
| May 2025 | 5.33M | −1% |
| Apr 2025 | 5.39M | +1% |
| Mar 2025 | 5.33M | +2% |
| Feb 2025 | 5.24M | −0% |
| Jan 2025 | 5.24M | −1% |
| Dec 2024 | 5.29M | +3% |
| Nov 2024 | 5.16M | −1% |
| Oct 2024 | 5.23M | −4% |
| Sep 2024 | 5.43M | +4% |
| Aug 2024 | 5.20M | −4% |
| Jul 2024 | 5.43M | +6% |
| Jun 2024 | 5.14M | −6% |
| May 2024 | 5.49M | +0% |
| Apr 2024 | 5.47M | +0% |
| Mar 2024 | 5.45M | −3% |
| Feb 2024 | 5.62M | +0% |
| Jan 2024 | 5.59M | +0% |
| Dec 2023 | 5.58M | +1% |
| Nov 2023 | 5.54M | −4% |
| Oct 2023 | 5.76M | −0% |
| Sep 2023 | 5.77M | −1% |
| Aug 2023 | 5.85M | +3% |
| Jul 2023 | 5.67M | −4% |
| Jun 2023 | 5.93M | −3% |
| May 2023 | 6.12M | +4% |
| Apr 2023 | 5.88M | −1% |
| Mar 2023 | 5.92M | −1% |
| Feb 2023 | 5.99M | −6% |
| Jan 2023 | 6.37M | +3% |
| Dec 2022 | 6.16M | −0% |
| Nov 2022 | 6.18M | +0% |
| Oct 2022 | 6.15M | −1% |
| Sep 2022 | 6.20M | −4% |
| Aug 2022 | 6.45M | −0% |
| Jul 2022 | 6.48M | −0% |
| Jun 2022 | 6.49M | +1% |
| May 2022 | 6.44M | −1% |
| Apr 2022 | 6.53M | −1% |
| Mar 2022 | 6.62M | −3% |
| Feb 2022 | 6.80M | +6% |
| Jan 2022 | 6.43M | −4% |
| Dec 2021 | 6.69M | −3% |
| Nov 2021 | 6.91M | +3% |
| Oct 2021 | 6.68M | +1% |
| Sep 2021 | 6.63M | +4% |
| Aug 2021 | 6.39M | −5% |
| Jul 2021 | 6.72M | +3% |
| Jun 2021 | 6.54M | +9% |
| May 2021 | 5.98M | −3% |
| Apr 2021 | 6.14M | −0% |
| Mar 2021 | 6.16M | +6% |
| Feb 2021 | 5.81M | +4% |
| Jan 2021 | 5.60M | +0% |
| Dec 2020 | 5.58M | −5% |
| Nov 2020 | 5.89M | −3% |
| Oct 2020 | 6.09M | +2% |
| Sep 2020 | 5.97M | −1% |
| Aug 2020 | 6.00M | −5% |
| Jul 2020 | 6.32M | −15% |
| Jun 2020 | 7.48M | −8% |
| May 2020 | 8.13M | +102% |
| Apr 2020 | 4.03M | −22% |
| Mar 2020 | 5.17M | −14% |
| Feb 2020 | 5.99M | +0% |
| Jan 2020 | 5.98M | +1% |
| Dec 2019 | 5.95M | +2% |
| Nov 2019 | 5.85M | +1% |
| Oct 2019 | 5.78M | −3% |
| Sep 2019 | 5.96M | +1% |
| Aug 2019 | 5.90M | +0% |
| Jul 2019 | 5.87M | +1% |
| Jun 2019 | 5.80M | +2% |
| May 2019 | 5.69M | −5% |
| Apr 2019 | 6.02M | +6% |
| Mar 2019 | 5.69M | −0% |
| Feb 2019 | 5.70M | −1% |
| Jan 2019 | 5.79M | +0% |
| Dec 2018 | 5.77M | −1% |
| Nov 2018 | 5.83M | −1% |
| Oct 2018 | 5.91M | +5% |
| Sep 2018 | 5.63M | −3% |
| Aug 2018 | 5.82M | +3% |
| Jul 2018 | 5.65M | −2% |
| Jun 2018 | 5.76M | −2% |
| May 2018 | 5.86M | +5% |
| Apr 2018 | 5.59M | −1% |
| Mar 2018 | 5.62M | −0% |
| Feb 2018 | 5.62M | +2% |
| Jan 2018 | 5.51M | +2% |
| Dec 2017 | 5.42M | −1% |
| Nov 2017 | 5.49M | −2% |
| Oct 2017 | 5.58M | +2% |
| Sep 2017 | 5.45M | −1% |
| Aug 2017 | 5.52M | +0% |
| Jul 2017 | 5.50M | −2% |
| Jun 2017 | 5.63M | +3% |
| May 2017 | 5.48M | +4% |
| Apr 2017 | 5.27M | −2% |
| Mar 2017 | 5.39M | +1% |
| Feb 2017 | 5.35M | −3% |
| Jan 2017 | 5.50M | +3% |
| Dec 2016 | 5.34M | +1% |
| Nov 2016 | 5.31M | +2% |
| Oct 2016 | 5.21M | −2% |
| Sep 2016 | 5.31M | −0% |
| Aug 2016 | 5.33M | −2% |
| Jul 2016 | 5.43M | +3% |
| Jun 2016 | 5.28M | +2% |
| May 2016 | 5.20M | −2% |
| Apr 2016 | 5.29M | −1% |
| Mar 2016 | 5.36M | −2% |
| Feb 2016 | 5.47M | +5% |
| Jan 2016 | 5.22M | −6% |
| Dec 2015 | 5.54M | +3% |
| Nov 2015 | 5.36M | +0% |
| Oct 2015 | 5.34M | +1% |
| Sep 2015 | 5.29M | +2% |
| Aug 2015 | 5.16M | +0% |
| Jul 2015 | 5.15M | +0% |
| Jun 2015 | 5.13M | −0% |
| May 2015 | 5.14M | −1% |
| Apr 2015 | 5.20M | +1% |
| Mar 2015 | 5.13M | −0% |
| Feb 2015 | 5.13M | +1% |
| Jan 2015 | 5.06M | −3% |
| Dec 2014 | 5.19M | +4% |
| Nov 2014 | 4.98M | −3% |
| Oct 2014 | 5.11M | −1% |
| Sep 2014 | 5.15M | +7% |
| Aug 2014 | 4.81M | −4% |
| Jul 2014 | 5.01M | +2% |
| Jun 2014 | 4.92M | +2% |
| May 2014 | 4.81M | −1% |
| Apr 2014 | 4.88M | +2% |
| Mar 2014 | 4.76M | +1% |
| Feb 2014 | 4.70M | +2% |
| Jan 2014 | 4.63M | +0% |
| Dec 2013 | 4.61M | −0% |
| Nov 2013 | 4.62M | +2% |
| Oct 2013 | 4.52M | −4% |
| Sep 2013 | 4.73M | −0% |
| Aug 2013 | 4.73M | +4% |
| Jul 2013 | 4.56M | +3% |
| Jun 2013 | 4.44M | −5% |
| May 2013 | 4.66M | +2% |
| Apr 2013 | 4.57M | +5% |
| Mar 2013 | 4.37M | −4% |
| Feb 2013 | 4.57M | +2% |
| Jan 2013 | 4.49M | +1% |
| Dec 2012 | 4.45M | −1% |
| Nov 2012 | 4.49M | +2% |
| Oct 2012 | 4.39M | +2% |
| Sep 2012 | 4.30M | −3% |
| Aug 2012 | 4.45M | +3% |
| Jul 2012 | 4.33M | −3% |
| Jun 2012 | 4.44M | −2% |
| May 2012 | 4.53M | +3% |
| Apr 2012 | 4.39M | −4% |
| Mar 2012 | 4.58M | +0% |
| Feb 2012 | 4.56M | +2% |
| Jan 2012 | 4.46M | +2% |
| Dec 2011 | 4.36M | −0% |
| Nov 2011 | 4.37M | −0% |
| Oct 2011 | 4.37M | −1% |
| Sep 2011 | 4.43M | +3% |
| Aug 2011 | 4.30M | +1% |
| Jul 2011 | 4.26M | −2% |
| Jun 2011 | 4.37M | +2% |
| May 2011 | 4.26M | −1% |
| Apr 2011 | 4.30M | −3% |
| Mar 2011 | 4.43M | +5% |
| Feb 2011 | 4.23M | +6% |
| Jan 2011 | 4.00M | −7% |
| Dec 2010 | 4.30M | +3% |
| Nov 2010 | 4.18M | +0% |
| Oct 2010 | 4.17M | +3% |
| Sep 2010 | 4.03M | −0% |
| Aug 2010 | 4.05M | −3% |
| Jul 2010 | 4.16M | +1% |
| Jun 2010 | 4.11M | −7% |
| May 2010 | 4.42M | +6% |
| Apr 2010 | 4.16M | −3% |
| Mar 2010 | 4.30M | +11% |
| Feb 2010 | 3.86M | −1% |
| Jan 2010 | 3.90M | −2% |
| Dec 2009 | 4.00M | −0% |
| Nov 2009 | 4.02M | +5% |
| Oct 2009 | 3.84M | −3% |
| Sep 2009 | 3.94M | +4% |
| Aug 2009 | 3.81M | −1% |
| Jul 2009 | 3.86M | +6% |
| Jun 2009 | 3.64M | −3% |
| May 2009 | 3.76M | −3% |
| Apr 2009 | 3.89M | +1% |
| Mar 2009 | 3.86M | −5% |
| Feb 2009 | 4.06M | −1% |
| Jan 2009 | 4.09M | −6% |
| Dec 2008 | 4.35M | +6% |
| Nov 2008 | 4.10M | −10% |
| Oct 2008 | 4.55M | +1% |
| Sep 2008 | 4.50M | −4% |
| Aug 2008 | 4.68M | +1% |
| Jul 2008 | 4.64M | −5% |
| Jun 2008 | 4.89M | +4% |
| May 2008 | 4.69M | −5% |
| Apr 2008 | 4.95M | +0% |
| Mar 2008 | 4.92M | −3% |
| Feb 2008 | 5.08M | +0% |
| Jan 2008 | 5.07M | −1% |
| Dec 2007 | 5.12M | −1% |
| Nov 2007 | 5.18M | −4% |
| Oct 2007 | 5.40M | +1% |
| Sep 2007 | 5.34M | −0% |
| Aug 2007 | 5.36M | +3% |
| Jul 2007 | 5.22M | −1% |
| Jun 2007 | 5.27M | −4% |
| May 2007 | 5.47M | +2% |
| Apr 2007 | 5.35M | −2% |
| Mar 2007 | 5.48M | +6% |
| Feb 2007 | 5.16M | −5% |
| Jan 2007 | 5.43M | +4% |
| Dec 2006 | 5.21M | −5% |
| Nov 2006 | 5.50M | +2% |
| Oct 2006 | 5.38M | +2% |
| Sep 2006 | 5.29M | −2% |
| Aug 2006 | 5.37M | −4% |
| Jul 2006 | 5.57M | +2% |
| Jun 2006 | 5.46M | −1% |
| May 2006 | 5.50M | +5% |
| Apr 2006 | 5.21M | −6% |
| Mar 2006 | 5.52M | +1% |
| Feb 2006 | 5.47M | +4% |
| Jan 2006 | 5.27M | −0% |
| Dec 2005 | 5.29M | −1% |
| Nov 2005 | 5.34M | +4% |
| Oct 2005 | 5.12M | −7% |
| Sep 2005 | 5.49M | +2% |
| Aug 2005 | 5.41M | +2% |
| Jul 2005 | 5.33M | −1% |
| Jun 2005 | 5.38M | +2% |
| May 2005 | 5.27M | −2% |
| Apr 2005 | 5.36M | +2% |
| Mar 2005 | 5.27M | −0% |
| Feb 2005 | 5.28M | +1% |
| Jan 2005 | 5.20M | +1% |
| Dec 2004 | 5.15M | −1% |
| Nov 2004 | 5.18M | +1% |
| Oct 2004 | 5.15M | +2% |
| Sep 2004 | 5.06M | +1% |
| Aug 2004 | 5.01M | +2% |
| Jul 2004 | 4.89M | −2% |
| Jun 2004 | 5.01M | +1% |
| May 2004 | 4.98M | −3% |
| Apr 2004 | 5.15M | −1% |
| Mar 2004 | 5.23M | +9% |
| Feb 2004 | 4.79M | −2% |
| Jan 2004 | 4.90M | −2% |
| Dec 2003 | 4.98M | +5% |
| Nov 2003 | 4.77M | −3% |
| Oct 2003 | 4.90M | +2% |
| Sep 2003 | 4.80M | +3% |
| Aug 2003 | 4.67M | +1% |
| Jul 2003 | 4.64M | −1% |
| Jun 2003 | 4.68M | +0% |
| May 2003 | 4.68M | +2% |
| Apr 2003 | 4.60M | +3% |
| Mar 2003 | 4.47M | −5% |
| Feb 2003 | 4.71M | −7% |
| Jan 2003 | 5.06M | +3% |
| Dec 2002 | 4.89M | +2% |
| Nov 2002 | 4.79M | −0% |
| Oct 2002 | 4.80M | −2% |
| Sep 2002 | 4.88M | +0% |
| Aug 2002 | 4.87M | −2% |
| Jul 2002 | 4.95M | +2% |
| Jun 2002 | 4.87M | +0% |
| May 2002 | 4.86M | −1% |
| Apr 2002 | 4.93M | +5% |
| Mar 2002 | 4.71M | −2% |
| Feb 2002 | 4.80M | −1% |
| Jan 2002 | 4.86M | +1% |
| Dec 2001 | 4.83M | −2% |
| Nov 2001 | 4.91M | −3% |
| Oct 2001 | 5.08M | +3% |
| Sep 2001 | 4.95M | −5% |
| Aug 2001 | 5.22M | −0% |
| Jul 2001 | 5.24M | +3% |
| Jun 2001 | 5.11M | −6% |
| May 2001 | 5.41M | +4% |
| Apr 2001 | 5.20M | −6% |
| Mar 2001 | 5.53M | +4% |
| Feb 2001 | 5.30M | −7% |
| Jan 2001 | 5.72M | +5% |
| Dec 2000 | 5.43M | — |
Annual data
| Year | Hires | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5.23M | −0% |
| 2025 | 5.25M | −2% |
| 2024 | 5.38M | −8% |
| 2023 | 5.87M | −9% |
| 2022 | 6.41M | +1% |
| 2021 | 6.35M | +5% |
| 2020 | 6.05M | +4% |
| 2019 | 5.83M | +2% |
| 2018 | 5.71M | +5% |
| 2017 | 5.47M | +3% |
| 2016 | 5.31M | +2% |
| 2015 | 5.22M | +6% |
| 2014 | 4.91M | +7% |
| 2013 | 4.57M | +3% |
| 2012 | 4.45M | +3% |
| 2011 | 4.30M | +4% |
| 2010 | 4.14M | +6% |
| 2009 | 3.90M | −17% |
| 2008 | 4.70M | −12% |
| 2007 | 5.31M | −2% |
| 2006 | 5.40M | +2% |
| 2005 | 5.31M | +5% |
| 2004 | 5.04M | +6% |
| 2003 | 4.75M | −2% |
| 2002 | 4.85M | −7% |
| 2001 | 5.21M | — |
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