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Industry · BLS JOLTS · Jul 2026

Durable goods manufacturing

Monthly job openings, hires, quits, and layoffs for Durable goods manufacturing - national aggregates from the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey.

429K
Job openings
177K
Hires
1.4%
Quits rate
12th
Of 27 by openings
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BLS JOLTS turnover passport

Series extract JOLTS-320000 Durable goods manufacturing

429K openings · 5.2% rate · 177K hires · Jul 2026

  • OPEN 429K
  • RATE 5.2%
  • RANK 4th
  • HIRE 177K
  • QUIT 1.4%
  • LAY 44K
  • YOY +68.2%
  • PHOTO Private education & health services

Openings-rate peers

Photo peer: Private education and health services (5.3%)

Private education & health s…5.3%Total private5.3%Professional & business serv…4.8%Health care & social assista…5.7%Durable goods manufacturing …5.2%
Openings-rate neighbourhood · Jul 2026 (this sector highlighted)

Durable goods manufacturing is 4th of 27 supersectors by openings rate; peer pills are ABS(openings_rate) neighbours, not a fixed volume catalog. Read Private education and health services →

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Where Durable goods manufacturing sits among national openings

Highlighted bar is Durable goods manufacturing. Rank uses the same national JOLTS supersector pool as the passport (Jul 2026); high openings volume is not a quality score - by openings rate this sector is 4th of 27. Signature: 4th of 27 by openings rate (5.2%).

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…673K12. Durable goods manufactur…429K
National job openings by NAICS supersector · Jul 2026

Durable goods manufacturing sits at 12th of 27 in the full national board; the chart shows the top 9 plus this sector.

Durable goods manufacturing openings rose 68.2% 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.

0K200K400K600K800K 20192020202120222023202420252026 429K177K HiresOpenings

Nearest openings-rate peers

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

Private education and health services
Openings: 1.6M Rate: 5.3%
Total private
Openings: 241K Rate: 5.3%
Professional and business services
Openings: 1.1M Rate: 4.8%
Health care and social assistance
Openings: 1.4M Rate: 5.7%
Other services
Openings: 291K Rate: 4.6%
Real estate and rental and leasing
Openings: 116K Rate: 4.6%

Nearest quits-rate peers

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

Manufacturing
Quits rate: 1.4% Openings: 580K
Real estate and rental and leasing
Quits rate: 1.3% Openings: 116K
Private educational services
Quits rate: 1.3% Openings: 116K
Nondurable goods manufacturing
Quits rate: 1.5% Openings: 151K
Financial activities
Quits rate: 1.2% Openings: 401K
Finance and insurance
Quits rate: 1.2% Openings: 285K

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 Durable goods manufacturing (4th of 27 by openings rate (5.2%); volume 12th of 27). See our methodology.

Retrieved and formatted by PlainLabor · vintage 2026-09-15 · reference month Jul 2026