United States

Job openings

Name: Job openings data for United States
Creator: FRED
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Open positions reported by employers.

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Source: FRED · JTSJOL

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Job openings - United States in United States was 7.6K on April 1, 2026, higher by 731 (+10.6%) from the prior observation. Charted from monthly observations in level in thous..

Latest7.62K

MoM+10.61%

YoY+7.33%

10Y Avg7.8K

Latest observationApril 1, 2026

Model surprise+201.78

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Min2.23K

Mean5.49K

Max12.3K

Latest observationApril 1, 2026

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Tier 1 - critical

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JTSJOL

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Stored · 2026-04-01

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ComparabilityAggregator is not the statistical authority: Use the source agency, source code, and methodology link when citing or reconciling with official releases.Labor definitions vary by survey and agency: Do not mix levels across definitions; compare rates or changes only after matching population, adjustment, and frequency.Seasonal-adjustment status needs attention: Prefer same-adjustment comparisons, or transform to year-over-year changes before cross-series comparison.

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QualitySource authority: 82/100. Aggregator source: useful access layer, but official methodology remains with the originating agency.Methodology completeness: 100/100. 100% of core provider, geography, unit, frequency, citation, and revision fields are populated.Timeliness and freshness: 90/100. 305 observations available; latest observation 2026-04-01; platform fetch 2026-06-19T07:15:50.917Z; release status none; data status liveRevision and vintage depth: 100/100. Point-in-time data via the FRED ALFRED endpoint. Each request returns the values as they were published on the supplied vintage date.

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CitationJob openings - United States (FRED (St. Louis Fed): JTSJOL, United States, retrieved Jun 19, 2026)

Retrieved Jun 19, 2026

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Series details

SourceFederal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED)

CategoryLabor

FrequencyMonthly

UnitLevel in Thous.

Latest observationApril 1, 2026

Platform last fetchJune 19, 2026

Transformslevel, mom, yoy, index 100

About this series

Job Openings: Total Nonfarm

The reading right now

As of April 2026, Job openings for United States stood at 7.6K. That is up 731 from the prior month. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 9K, ranging from a low of 6.6K in December 2025 to a high of 12.3K in March 2022. The current reading sits 183.3 below its trailing ten-year mean of 7.8K.

Computed from the observation series on this page. Numbers update when the underlying provider revises the data.