BLS JOLTS · Educational guides
Labor Market Guides
Educational guides on BLS JOLTS data, job openings, hires, separations, quits, layoffs, and how to read labor market indicators by state and industry.
- 7.4M
- Jun 2026 openings
- 5.3M
- National hires
- 51
- States covered
- 7
- Guides in this hub
Guide hub verdict
Live BLS JOLTS corpus for Jun 2026: 7.4M national job openings and 5.3M hires across 51 states and 27 industries - Private education and health services leads sector openings at 1.5M.
- 7.4M
- National openings
- 5.3M
- National hires
- 1.5M
- Top sector openings
- 27
- Industries tracked
BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey · data updated August 2026. Openings counts are employer demand, not job-quality rankings.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey extract this guide reads covers 6,804 monthly records across 51 states and 27 industry sectors as of Jun 2026. That survey is the source the charts below query; see the methodology for how PlainLabor compiles it. Openings, hires, and quits are separate flow series, not a hiring recommendation.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) · Jun 2026 Guide charts query the same JOLTS extract as state and industry profiles. National and state tables can use different reference months.
Industry job openings · Jun 2026
Understanding JOLTS Data, What BLS Measures and Why It Matters
How the Bureau of Labor Statistics collects the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, what each metric measures, and what JOLTS reveals about labor market health.
Job Openings vs. Hires, Why They Tell Different Stories
Why job openings and hires diverge, what a high openings-to-hires ratio signals about labor market tightness, and how to interpret the gap across industries.
Reading Labor Market Indicators, Quits, Layoffs, and JOLTS Context
How the quits rate signals worker confidence, what layoff trends reveal, how JOLTS complements the monthly jobs report, and where state-level patterns emerge.
The Great Resignation by the Numbers, JOLTS Data on the 2021–2023 Quits Wave
Data-driven analysis of the 2021–2023 Great Resignation. Quit rates before, during, and after the wave, which industries saw the biggest exodus, and what the numbers show today.
Which Industries Are Hiring Fastest, JOLTS Hire Rate Rankings by Sector
Industry rankings by hire rate from BLS JOLTS data. Which sectors are adding workers fastest, which have the most structural churn, and what hire rates reveal about where to look for a job.
Interpreting Unemployment Rates Alongside JOLTS
How U-3, U-6, and labor-force participation relate to JOLTS openings and quits when reading the labor market.
Wage Growth vs Inflation, Reading Real Pay Alongside JOLTS
Why nominal raises can still lose purchasing power, and how JOLTS tightness signals sit next to real wage context.
Methodology
Guides draw on the public Bureau of Labor Statistics Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS). Hub figures above are computed live from the PlainLabor SQLite extract, never hard-typed, covering 51 states and 27 industries (6,804 JOLTS rows).
See our methodology for how openings, hires, quits, and layoffs are defined, including revision policy.
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. Hub KPIs and the industry openings chart are live SQL over the JOLTS extract. See our editorial standards and corrections policy, methodology, or report a data error. Data current as of Jun 2026. 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.