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Industry · BLS JOLTS · Jun 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.

145K
Job openings
143K
Hires
2.4%
Quits rate
21st
Of 27 by openings

BLS JOLTS turnover passport

Series extract JOLTS-710000 Arts, entertainment, and recreation

145K openings · 5.1% rate · 143K hires · Jun 2026

  • OPEN 145K
  • RATE 5.1%
  • RANK 5th
  • HIRE 143K
  • QUIT 2.4%
  • LAY 95K
  • YOY -10.5%
  • PHOTO Private education & health services

Openings-rate peers

Photo peer: Private education and health services (5.0%)

Private education & health s…5%Transportation, warehousing,…5.2%Total private5.2%Federal4.9%Arts, entertainment, & recre…5.1%
Openings-rate neighbourhood · Jun 2026 (this sector highlighted)

Arts, entertainment, and recreation is 5th of 27 supersectors by openings rate; peer pills are ABS(openings_rate) neighbours, not a fixed volume catalog. Read Private education and health services →

By openings RATE - openings per 100 jobs, which removes sector size - Arts, entertainment, and recreation ranks 5th of 27 at 5.1%, against 21st of 27 by openings volume.

Thin volume band

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

Highlighted bar is Arts, entertainment, and recreation. It ranks 21st of 27 by openings volume; denser peers sit above on the chart; by openings rate it is 5th of 27. Signature: 5th of 27 by openings rate (5.1%).

1. Private education & healt…1475K2. Health care & social assi…1347K3. Trade, transportation, & …1330K4. Professional & business s…1304K5. Leisure & hospitality830K6. Government823K7. Retail trade774K8. Accommodation & food serv…684K9. State & local684K21. Arts, entertainment, & r…145K
National job openings by NAICS supersector · Jun 2026

Arts, entertainment, and recreation sits at 21st of 27 in the full national board; the chart shows the top 9 plus this sector.

Arts, entertainment, and recreation openings fell 10.5% 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 145K143K HiresOpenings

Nearest openings-rate peers

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

Private education and health services
Openings: 1.5M Rate: 5.0%
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities
Openings: 392K Rate: 5.2%
Total private
Openings: 215K Rate: 5.2%
Federal
Openings: 139K Rate: 4.9%
Health care and social assistance
Openings: 1.3M Rate: 5.3%
Retail trade
Openings: 774K Rate: 4.8%

Nearest quits-rate peers

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

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities
Quits rate: 2.4% Openings: 392K
Trade, transportation, and utilities
Quits rate: 2.5% Openings: 1.3M
Mining and logging
Quits rate: 2.3% Openings: 20K
Professional and business services
Quits rate: 2.2% Openings: 1.3M
Other services
Quits rate: 2.8% Openings: 281K
Health care and social assistance
Quits rate: 1.9% Openings: 1.3M

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 (5th of 27 by openings rate (5.1%); volume 21st of 27). See our methodology.

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