Industry · BLS JOLTS · Jul 2026

Private education and health services

Monthly job openings, hires, quits, and layoffs for Private education and health services - national aggregates from the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey.

1.6M
Job openings
777K
Hires
1.8%
Quits rate
1st
Of 27 by openings
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BLS JOLTS turnover passport

Series extract JOLTS-600000 Private education and health services

1.6M openings · 5.3% rate · 777K hires · Jul 2026

  • OPEN 1.6M
  • RATE 5.3%
  • RANK 2nd
  • HIRE 777K
  • QUIT 1.8%
  • LAY 182K
  • YOY +8.7%
  • PHOTO Total private

Photo peer: Total private (5.3%)

Total private5.3%Durable goods manufacturing5.2%Health care & social assista…5.7%Professional & business serv…4.8%Private education & health s…5.3%
Openings-rate neighbourhood · Jul 2026 (this sector highlighted)

Private education and health services is 2nd of 27 supersectors by openings rate; peer pills are ABS(openings_rate) neighbours, not a fixed volume catalog. Read Total private →

Large volume band

Private education and health services sits in the largest openings-volume third

Highlighted bar is Private education and health services. Volume rank uses the national JOLTS supersector pool (Jul 2026); this sector is 1st of 27 by openings level - by openings rate it is 2nd of 27. Signature: 2nd of 27 by openings rate (5.3%).

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…673K10. Manufacturing580K
National job openings by NAICS supersector · Jul 2026

Private education and health services openings rose 8.7% 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.

0K500K1,000K1,500K2,000K2,500K 20192020202120222023202420252026 1,553K777K HiresOpenings

Nearest openings-rate peers

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

Nearest quits-rate peers

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

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Data sourced from official public datasets for Private education and health services (2nd of 27 by openings rate (5.3%); volume 1st of 27). See our methodology.

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