PlainLabor

Temporal change layer

What changed in the latest JOLTS releases

PlainLabor compares consecutive stored BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey months. State totals and national industry totals can sit on different latest months - each list uses its own series. These are arithmetic openings deltas, not hiring advice or quality scores.

Download the paired rows as jolts-release-change.csv.

States - openings Nov 2025 → Dec 2025

Gained openings

  1. Ohio 266K → 287K (+21K) · rate +0.3 pp
  2. Pennsylvania 228K → 235K (+7K) · rate +0.1 pp
  3. District of Columbia 29K → 34K (+5K) · rate +0.7 pp
  4. Washington 106K → 110K (+4K) · rate +0.1 pp
  5. Missouri 125K → 128K (+3K) · rate +0.1 pp
  6. Oregon 70K → 72K (+2K) · rate +0.1 pp

Lost openings

  1. New Jersey 214K → 172K (−42K) · rate -0.9 pp
  2. Georgia 308K → 279K (−29K) · rate -0.5 pp
  3. Illinois 240K → 211K (−29K) · rate -0.5 pp
  4. Indiana 141K → 123K (−18K) · rate -0.5 pp
  5. New York 449K → 431K (−18K) · rate -0.2 pp
  6. Arizona 139K → 121K (−18K) · rate -0.5 pp
  7. Tennessee 159K → 143K (−16K) · rate -0.4 pp
  8. Texas 623K → 608K (−15K) · rate -0.1 pp
  9. Mississippi 72K → 59K (−13K) · rate -1.0 pp
  10. Florida 414K → 404K (−10K) · rate -0.1 pp

National industries - openings Jun 2026 → Jul 2026

Gained openings

  1. Manufacturing 501K → 580K (+79K) · rate +0.6 pp
  2. Durable goods manufacturing 353K → 429K (+76K) · rate +0.9 pp
  3. State and local government, excluding education 386K → 451K (+65K) · rate +0.6 pp
  4. Health care and social assistance 1.4M → 1.4M (+54K) · rate +0.2 pp
  5. Private education and health services 1.5M → 1.6M (+52K) · rate +0.2 pp
  6. Wholesale trade 174K → 224K (+50K) · rate +0.8 pp
  7. State and local 652K → 702K (+50K) · rate +0.2 pp
  8. Government 762K → 810K (+48K) · rate +0.2 pp
  9. Construction 298K → 326K (+28K) · rate +0.3 pp
  10. Total private 223K → 241K (+18K) · rate +0.2 pp

Lost openings

  1. Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 383K → 316K (−67K) · rate -0.9 pp
  2. Professional and business services 1.2M → 1.1M (−65K) · rate -0.3 pp
  3. Leisure and hospitality 825K → 783K (−42K) · rate -0.2 pp
  4. Arts, entertainment, and recreation 134K → 110K (−24K) · rate -0.8 pp
  5. Accommodation and food services 691K → 673K (−18K) · rate -0.1 pp
  6. State and local government education 267K → 251K (−16K) · rate -0.1 pp
  7. Trade, transportation, and utilities 1.3M → 1.3M (−15K) · rate -0.1 pp
  8. Other services 303K → 291K (−12K) · rate -0.2 pp
  9. Federal 110K → 108K (−2K) · rate +0.0 pp

Source: official public datasets JOLTS month-over-month release pairs · Dec 2025 Release-over-release deltas are computed from consecutive months in the PlainLabor extract.

Download the BLS JOLTS state snapshot cited on this page: jolts-labor-market-statistics.csv (CC0).

Every figure on PlainLabor is rendered from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS); no number is typed in by an editor. Month-over-month movers are arithmetic differences between consecutive stored JOLTS months. See our editorial standards and corrections policy, methodology, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-15. JOLTS figures are employer-survey openings and turnover rates for a published reference month - not job-quality rankings, hiring recommendations, or real-time vacancy postings.