National Labor Market Trends

JOLTS data over time — latest: Dec 2025

7K
Job Openings
↓ 12.9% YoY
5K
Hires
↓ 1.5% YoY
3K
Quits
2K
Layoffs

Job Openings & Hires

Openings Hires
Jan 2019 Dec 2025

Monthly Data

Month Openings
Dec 2025 7K
Nov 2025 7K
Oct 2025 7K
Sep 2025 8K
Aug 2025 7K
Jul 2025 7K
Jun 2025 7K
May 2025 8K
Apr 2025 7K
Mar 2025 7K
Feb 2025 7K
Jan 2025 8K
Dec 2024 8K
Nov 2024 8K
Oct 2024 8K
Sep 2024 7K
Aug 2024 8K
Jul 2024 8K
Jun 2024 7K
May 2024 8K
Apr 2024 8K
Mar 2024 8K
Feb 2024 8K
Jan 2024 8K
Dec 2023 9K
Nov 2023 9K
Oct 2023 9K
Sep 2023 9K
Aug 2023 9K
Jul 2023 9K
Jun 2023 9K
May 2023 9K
Apr 2023 10K
Mar 2023 10K
Feb 2023 10K
Jan 2023 10K
Dec 2022 11K
Nov 2022 11K
Oct 2022 10K
Sep 2022 11K
Aug 2022 10K
Jul 2022 12K
Jun 2022 11K
May 2022 11K
Apr 2022 12K
Mar 2022 12K
Feb 2022 12K
Jan 2022 11K
Dec 2021 11K
Nov 2021 11K
Oct 2021 11K
Sep 2021 11K
Aug 2021 11K
Jul 2021 11K
Jun 2021 10K
May 2021 10K
Apr 2021 9K
Mar 2021 8K
Feb 2021 8K
Jan 2021 7K
Dec 2020 7K
Nov 2020 7K
Oct 2020 7K
Sep 2020 7K
Aug 2020 6K
Jul 2020 7K
Jun 2020 6K
May 2020 6K
Apr 2020 5K
Mar 2020 6K
Feb 2020 7K
Jan 2020 7K
Dec 2019 7K
Nov 2019 7K
Oct 2019 7K
Sep 2019 7K
Aug 2019 7K
Jul 2019 7K
Jun 2019 7K
May 2019 7K
Apr 2019 7K
Mar 2019 7K
Feb 2019 7K
Jan 2019 8K

About This Data

National JOLTS data shows total U.S. job openings, hires, and separations across all nonfarm industries. Data is published monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics with approximately a two-month lag. These figures are seasonally adjusted and represent thousands of positions.