7.27M
Jul 2026 (latest)
JOB OPENINGS
openings, thousands, seasonally adjusted, last business day of month · 2001–2026 · higher is better · BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, via FRED JTSJOL
10.63M
Nov 2022
12.30M
high · Mar 2022
4.61M
low · Apr 2020
−32%
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 job openings on the last business day of 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/JTSJOL
- 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 | Job Openings | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | 7.27M | +1% |
| Jun 2026 | 7.18M | −5% |
| May 2026 | 7.54M | −1% |
| Apr 2026 | 7.58M | +10% |
| Mar 2026 | 6.89M | −1% |
| Feb 2026 | 6.92M | −4% |
| Jan 2026 | 7.24M | +11% |
| Dec 2025 | 6.55M | −4% |
| Nov 2025 | 6.85M | −5% |
| Oct 2025 | 7.17M | +0% |
| Sep 2025 | 7.17M | +4% |
| Aug 2025 | 6.92M | −2% |
| Jul 2025 | 7.09M | −2% |
| Jun 2025 | 7.20M | −1% |
| May 2025 | 7.31M | +3% |
| Apr 2025 | 7.10M | +2% |
| Mar 2025 | 6.95M | −4% |
| Feb 2025 | 7.24M | −3% |
| Jan 2025 | 7.43M | +2% |
| Dec 2024 | 7.29M | −4% |
| Nov 2024 | 7.57M | +3% |
| Oct 2024 | 7.38M | +6% |
| Sep 2024 | 6.94M | −8% |
| Aug 2024 | 7.52M | +1% |
| Jul 2024 | 7.43M | +0% |
| Jun 2024 | 7.42M | −5% |
| May 2024 | 7.78M | +3% |
| Apr 2024 | 7.53M | −8% |
| Mar 2024 | 8.21M | −3% |
| Feb 2024 | 8.44M | +1% |
| Jan 2024 | 8.38M | −2% |
| Dec 2023 | 8.52M | −1% |
| Nov 2023 | 8.60M | +0% |
| Oct 2023 | 8.58M | −7% |
| Sep 2023 | 9.26M | +0% |
| Aug 2023 | 9.25M | +7% |
| Jul 2023 | 8.66M | −6% |
| Jun 2023 | 9.18M | −2% |
| May 2023 | 9.37M | −6% |
| Apr 2023 | 9.97M | +3% |
| Mar 2023 | 9.65M | −2% |
| Feb 2023 | 9.86M | −4% |
| Jan 2023 | 10.32M | −5% |
| Dec 2022 | 10.90M | +3% |
| Nov 2022 | 10.63M | +2% |
| Oct 2022 | 10.45M | −3% |
| Sep 2022 | 10.80M | +7% |
| Aug 2022 | 10.09M | −13% |
| Jul 2022 | 11.58M | +3% |
| Jun 2022 | 11.28M | −2% |
| May 2022 | 11.54M | −3% |
| Apr 2022 | 11.86M | −4% |
| Mar 2022 | 12.30M | +5% |
| Feb 2022 | 11.70M | +4% |
| Jan 2022 | 11.21M | −3% |
| Dec 2021 | 11.52M | +3% |
| Nov 2021 | 11.20M | −0% |
| Oct 2021 | 11.24M | +4% |
| Sep 2021 | 10.83M | −0% |
| Aug 2021 | 10.87M | −1% |
| Jul 2021 | 10.98M | +6% |
| Jun 2021 | 10.32M | +4% |
| May 2021 | 9.95M | +7% |
| Apr 2021 | 9.35M | +10% |
| Mar 2021 | 8.50M | +9% |
| Feb 2021 | 7.83M | +9% |
| Jan 2021 | 7.16M | +6% |
| Dec 2020 | 6.77M | −1% |
| Nov 2020 | 6.82M | +0% |
| Oct 2020 | 6.80M | +4% |
| Sep 2020 | 6.51M | +1% |
| Aug 2020 | 6.43M | −2% |
| Jul 2020 | 6.53M | +7% |
| Jun 2020 | 6.13M | +9% |
| May 2020 | 5.61M | +22% |
| Apr 2020 | 4.61M | −22% |
| Mar 2020 | 5.89M | −15% |
| Feb 2020 | 6.97M | −2% |
| Jan 2020 | 7.12M | +6% |
| Dec 2019 | 6.70M | −3% |
| Nov 2019 | 6.89M | −6% |
| Oct 2019 | 7.29M | +2% |
| Sep 2019 | 7.12M | −1% |
| Aug 2019 | 7.18M | +2% |
| Jul 2019 | 7.04M | −2% |
| Jun 2019 | 7.19M | −1% |
| May 2019 | 7.28M | +0% |
| Apr 2019 | 7.27M | −1% |
| Mar 2019 | 7.32M | +4% |
| Feb 2019 | 7.07M | −6% |
| Jan 2019 | 7.50M | +0% |
| Dec 2018 | 7.49M | −1% |
| Nov 2018 | 7.59M | +4% |
| Oct 2018 | 7.30M | −1% |
| Sep 2018 | 7.41M | +3% |
| Aug 2018 | 7.21M | +0% |
| Jul 2018 | 7.19M | −1% |
| Jun 2018 | 7.23M | +3% |
| May 2018 | 7.02M | +2% |
| Apr 2018 | 6.88M | +1% |
| Mar 2018 | 6.82M | +4% |
| Feb 2018 | 6.55M | −1% |
| Jan 2018 | 6.62M | +4% |
| Dec 2017 | 6.34M | +1% |
| Nov 2017 | 6.27M | −2% |
| Oct 2017 | 6.41M | +1% |
| Sep 2017 | 6.32M | +1% |
| Aug 2017 | 6.28M | +1% |
| Jul 2017 | 6.24M | −1% |
| Jun 2017 | 6.30M | +8% |
| May 2017 | 5.83M | −4% |
| Apr 2017 | 6.09M | +5% |
| Mar 2017 | 5.81M | −2% |
| Feb 2017 | 5.92M | +5% |
| Jan 2017 | 5.62M | −6% |
| Dec 2016 | 5.96M | −0% |
| Nov 2016 | 5.97M | +7% |
| Oct 2016 | 5.59M | −5% |
| Sep 2016 | 5.87M | +3% |
| Aug 2016 | 5.68M | −5% |
| Jul 2016 | 5.96M | +4% |
| Jun 2016 | 5.74M | −1% |
| May 2016 | 5.78M | −0% |
| Apr 2016 | 5.80M | −5% |
| Mar 2016 | 6.13M | +6% |
| Feb 2016 | 5.77M | −4% |
| Jan 2016 | 6.01M | +3% |
| Dec 2015 | 5.84M | +2% |
| Nov 2015 | 5.71M | −1% |
| Oct 2015 | 5.77M | +5% |
| Sep 2015 | 5.49M | +0% |
| Aug 2015 | 5.47M | −10% |
| Jul 2015 | 6.06M | +15% |
| Jun 2015 | 5.25M | −6% |
| May 2015 | 5.56M | −1% |
| Apr 2015 | 5.60M | +7% |
| Mar 2015 | 5.21M | −5% |
| Feb 2015 | 5.47M | +2% |
| Jan 2015 | 5.34M | +4% |
| Dec 2014 | 5.13M | +6% |
| Nov 2014 | 4.84M | −3% |
| Oct 2014 | 5.01M | +2% |
| Sep 2014 | 4.91M | −8% |
| Aug 2014 | 5.35M | +10% |
| Jul 2014 | 4.85M | −3% |
| Jun 2014 | 4.98M | +5% |
| May 2014 | 4.75M | +4% |
| Apr 2014 | 4.57M | +4% |
| Mar 2014 | 4.39M | +0% |
| Feb 2014 | 4.37M | +6% |
| Jan 2014 | 4.13M | +0% |
| Dec 2013 | 4.12M | +0% |
| Nov 2013 | 4.12M | −2% |
| Oct 2013 | 4.22M | +2% |
| Sep 2013 | 4.13M | +1% |
| Aug 2013 | 4.08M | +5% |
| Jul 2013 | 3.88M | −6% |
| Jun 2013 | 4.15M | +0% |
| May 2013 | 4.14M | +4% |
| Apr 2013 | 3.99M | −2% |
| Mar 2013 | 4.08M | +2% |
| Feb 2013 | 4.00M | +2% |
| Jan 2013 | 3.92M | −1% |
| Dec 2012 | 3.97M | +2% |
| Nov 2012 | 3.88M | +3% |
| Oct 2012 | 3.77M | −3% |
| Sep 2012 | 3.88M | +2% |
| Aug 2012 | 3.81M | +2% |
| Jul 2012 | 3.73M | −5% |
| Jun 2012 | 3.91M | +2% |
| May 2012 | 3.83M | +1% |
| Apr 2012 | 3.79M | −5% |
| Mar 2012 | 3.98M | +10% |
| Feb 2012 | 3.62M | −7% |
| Jan 2012 | 3.91M | +4% |
| Dec 2011 | 3.77M | +6% |
| Nov 2011 | 3.56M | −1% |
| Oct 2011 | 3.62M | −4% |
| Sep 2011 | 3.77M | +13% |
| Aug 2011 | 3.33M | −8% |
| Jul 2011 | 3.62M | +5% |
| Jun 2011 | 3.46M | +9% |
| May 2011 | 3.18M | −2% |
| Apr 2011 | 3.26M | −0% |
| Mar 2011 | 3.26M | +1% |
| Feb 2011 | 3.23M | +4% |
| Jan 2011 | 3.10M | +2% |
| Dec 2010 | 3.06M | −5% |
| Nov 2010 | 3.21M | −1% |
| Oct 2010 | 3.23M | +11% |
| Sep 2010 | 2.92M | −3% |
| Aug 2010 | 3.00M | −3% |
| Jul 2010 | 3.08M | +10% |
| Jun 2010 | 2.80M | −6% |
| May 2010 | 2.99M | −5% |
| Apr 2010 | 3.15M | +18% |
| Mar 2010 | 2.68M | +0% |
| Feb 2010 | 2.67M | −6% |
| Jan 2010 | 2.84M | +10% |
| Dec 2009 | 2.57M | +3% |
| Nov 2009 | 2.50M | +4% |
| Oct 2009 | 2.41M | −3% |
| Sep 2009 | 2.49M | +6% |
| Aug 2009 | 2.34M | +5% |
| Jul 2009 | 2.23M | −11% |
| Jun 2009 | 2.50M | −2% |
| May 2009 | 2.55M | +11% |
| Apr 2009 | 2.29M | −9% |
| Mar 2009 | 2.53M | −12% |
| Feb 2009 | 2.86M | +5% |
| Jan 2009 | 2.74M | −13% |
| Dec 2008 | 3.15M | −3% |
| Nov 2008 | 3.23M | −4% |
| Oct 2008 | 3.38M | +5% |
| Sep 2008 | 3.22M | −12% |
| Aug 2008 | 3.67M | −2% |
| Jul 2008 | 3.75M | −2% |
| Jun 2008 | 3.83M | −9% |
| May 2008 | 4.19M | +4% |
| Apr 2008 | 4.04M | −4% |
| Mar 2008 | 4.22M | −1% |
| Feb 2008 | 4.28M | −7% |
| Jan 2008 | 4.62M | +2% |
| Dec 2007 | 4.54M | −2% |
| Nov 2007 | 4.65M | +0% |
| Oct 2007 | 4.64M | −0% |
| Sep 2007 | 4.65M | +2% |
| Aug 2007 | 4.55M | −1% |
| Jul 2007 | 4.60M | −5% |
| Jun 2007 | 4.86M | +4% |
| May 2007 | 4.66M | −1% |
| Apr 2007 | 4.69M | −6% |
| Mar 2007 | 4.96M | +6% |
| Feb 2007 | 4.70M | −1% |
| Jan 2007 | 4.76M | +3% |
| Dec 2006 | 4.62M | −1% |
| Nov 2006 | 4.64M | +1% |
| Oct 2006 | 4.59M | −3% |
| Sep 2006 | 4.74M | +1% |
| Aug 2006 | 4.71M | +7% |
| Jul 2006 | 4.39M | −5% |
| Jun 2006 | 4.61M | +3% |
| May 2006 | 4.46M | −7% |
| Apr 2006 | 4.79M | +1% |
| Mar 2006 | 4.73M | +9% |
| Feb 2006 | 4.33M | −2% |
| Jan 2006 | 4.40M | +3% |
| Dec 2005 | 4.28M | +1% |
| Nov 2005 | 4.25M | +2% |
| Oct 2005 | 4.18M | −4% |
| Sep 2005 | 4.35M | +5% |
| Aug 2005 | 4.14M | −3% |
| Jul 2005 | 4.26M | +5% |
| Jun 2005 | 4.06M | +7% |
| May 2005 | 3.80M | −9% |
| Apr 2005 | 4.16M | +3% |
| Mar 2005 | 4.04M | +2% |
| Feb 2005 | 3.96M | +4% |
| Jan 2005 | 3.80M | −7% |
| Dec 2004 | 4.07M | +17% |
| Nov 2004 | 3.47M | −12% |
| Oct 2004 | 3.94M | +3% |
| Sep 2004 | 3.82M | +8% |
| Aug 2004 | 3.54M | −7% |
| Jul 2004 | 3.81M | +14% |
| Jun 2004 | 3.34M | −10% |
| May 2004 | 3.71M | +6% |
| Apr 2004 | 3.51M | −0% |
| Mar 2004 | 3.52M | −0% |
| Feb 2004 | 3.53M | +3% |
| Jan 2004 | 3.42M | +0% |
| Dec 2003 | 3.41M | +3% |
| Nov 2003 | 3.32M | +1% |
| Oct 2003 | 3.31M | +7% |
| Sep 2003 | 3.09M | −3% |
| Aug 2003 | 3.19M | +7% |
| Jul 2003 | 2.98M | −12% |
| Jun 2003 | 3.39M | +3% |
| May 2003 | 3.29M | +6% |
| Apr 2003 | 3.11M | +0% |
| Mar 2003 | 3.10M | −4% |
| Feb 2003 | 3.23M | −6% |
| Jan 2003 | 3.44M | +9% |
| Dec 2002 | 3.17M | −10% |
| Nov 2002 | 3.51M | +1% |
| Oct 2002 | 3.48M | +5% |
| Sep 2002 | 3.30M | −6% |
| Aug 2002 | 3.52M | +4% |
| Jul 2002 | 3.37M | −1% |
| Jun 2002 | 3.41M | −1% |
| May 2002 | 3.46M | −0% |
| Apr 2002 | 3.47M | −4% |
| Mar 2002 | 3.61M | +5% |
| Feb 2002 | 3.44M | −7% |
| Jan 2002 | 3.70M | +1% |
| Dec 2001 | 3.68M | −3% |
| Nov 2001 | 3.77M | +2% |
| Oct 2001 | 3.71M | −9% |
| Sep 2001 | 4.07M | +1% |
| Aug 2001 | 4.02M | −10% |
| Jul 2001 | 4.45M | +2% |
| Jun 2001 | 4.36M | −1% |
| May 2001 | 4.42M | −4% |
| Apr 2001 | 4.62M | −3% |
| Mar 2001 | 4.76M | −7% |
| Feb 2001 | 5.10M | −3% |
| Jan 2001 | 5.23M | +3% |
| Dec 2000 | 5.09M | — |
Annual data
| Year | Job Openings | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7.23M | +2% |
| 2025 | 7.08M | −8% |
| 2024 | 7.66M | −17% |
| 2023 | 9.27M | −17% |
| 2022 | 11.20M | +12% |
| 2021 | 9.98M | +57% |
| 2020 | 6.35M | −11% |
| 2019 | 7.15M | +1% |
| 2018 | 7.11M | +16% |
| 2017 | 6.12M | +4% |
| 2016 | 5.86M | +5% |
| 2015 | 5.56M | +17% |
| 2014 | 4.77M | +17% |
| 2013 | 4.07M | +6% |
| 2012 | 3.84M | +12% |
| 2011 | 3.43M | +16% |
| 2010 | 2.97M | +19% |
| 2009 | 2.50M | −34% |
| 2008 | 3.80M | −19% |
| 2007 | 4.69M | +2% |
| 2006 | 4.58M | +12% |
| 2005 | 4.11M | +13% |
| 2004 | 3.64M | +12% |
| 2003 | 3.24M | −6% |
| 2002 | 3.45M | −21% |
| 2001 | 4.35M | — |
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