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Industry · BLS JOLTS · Jul 2026

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

Monthly job openings, hires, quits, and layoffs for Arts, entertainment, and recreation - national aggregates from the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey.

110K
Job openings
149K
Hires
2.8%
Quits rate
24th
Of 27 by openings
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BLS JOLTS turnover passport

Series extract JOLTS-710000 Arts, entertainment, and recreation

110K openings · 4.0% rate · 149K hires · Jul 2026

  • OPEN 110K
  • RATE 4.0%
  • RANK 17th
  • HIRE 149K
  • QUIT 2.8%
  • LAY 76K
  • YOY -14.7%
  • PHOTO Finance & insurance

Openings-rate peers

Photo peer: Finance and insurance (4.1%)

Finance & insurance4.1%Federal3.9%Trade, transportation, & uti…4.2%Financial activities4.2%Arts, entertainment, & recre…4%
Openings-rate neighbourhood · Jul 2026 (this sector highlighted)

Arts, entertainment, and recreation is 17th of 27 supersectors by openings rate; peer pills are ABS(openings_rate) neighbours, not a fixed volume catalog. Read Finance and insurance →

Thin volume band

Arts, entertainment, and recreation sits in the thinnest openings-volume third

Highlighted bar is Arts, entertainment, and recreation. It ranks 24th of 27 by openings volume; denser peers sit above on the chart; by openings rate it is 17th of 27. Signature: 17th of 27 by openings rate (4.0%).

1. Private education & healt…1553K2. Health care & social assi…1438K3. Trade, transportation, & …1271K4. Professional & business s…1138K5. Government810K6. Leisure & hospitality783K7. Retail trade731K8. State & local702K9. Accommodation & food serv…673K24. Arts, entertainment, & r…110K
National job openings by NAICS supersector · Jul 2026

Arts, entertainment, and recreation sits at 24th of 27 in the full national board; the chart shows the top 9 plus this sector.

Arts, entertainment, and recreation openings fell 14.7% year over year

National monthly levels from BLS JOLTS (thousands). Openings and hires are separate series; their gap is not a backlog of unfilled postings.

0K50K100K150K200K250K300K 20192020202120222023202420252026 110K149K HiresOpenings

Nearest openings-rate peers

ABS(openings_rate) across national industries, not the fixed volume-leader strip.

Finance and insurance
Openings: 285K Rate: 4.1%
Federal
Openings: 108K Rate: 3.9%
Trade, transportation, and utilities
Openings: 1.3M Rate: 4.2%
Financial activities
Openings: 401K Rate: 4.2%
Construction
Openings: 326K Rate: 3.8%
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities
Openings: 316K Rate: 4.2%

Nearest quits-rate peers

ABS(quits_rate) nationwide, a second lattice independent of openings-rate peers.

Trade, transportation, and utilities
Quits rate: 2.6% Openings: 1.3M
Mining and logging
Quits rate: 2.6% Openings: 22K
Retail trade
Quits rate: 3.1% Openings: 731K
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities
Quits rate: 2.2% Openings: 316K
Other services
Quits rate: 2.2% Openings: 291K
Leisure and hospitality
Quits rate: 3.4% Openings: 783K

For informational purposes only; this page does not constitute professional advice. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Data sourced from official public datasets for Arts, entertainment, and recreation (17th of 27 by openings rate (4.0%); volume 24th of 27). See our methodology.

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