United States Job Openings

The number of job openings in the US declined by 243,000 to 6.888 million in November 2018 from an upwardly revised 7.131 million in the previous month and below market expectations of 7.063 million. The number of job openings decreased for total private (-237,000) and was little changed for government. The job openings level decreased in a number of industries, with the largest decreases in other services (-66,000) and construction (-45,000). Meanwhile, job openings increased in transportation, warehousing, and utilities (+40,000). Job openings fell mostly in the West region (-196,000). Job Offers in the United States averaged 4188.69 Thousand from 2000 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 7293 Thousand in August of 2018 and a record low of 2196 Thousand in July of 2009.

Job Offers in the United States is expected to be 6300.00 Thousand by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Job Offers in the United States to stand at 5818.00 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the United States Job Openings is projected to trend around 5600.00 Thousand in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2018-10-16	02:00 PM	JOLTs Job Openings	7.136M	7.077M	6.945M	6.8M
2018-11-06	03:00 PM	JOLTs Job Openings	7.009M	7.293M	7.1M	7.1M
2018-12-10	03:00 PM	JOLTs Job Openings	7.079M	6.96M	6.995M	7.2M
2019-01-08	03:00 PM	JOLTs Job Openings	6.888M	7.131M	7.063M	7.1M
2019-02-06	03:00 PM	JOLTs Job Openings		6.888M		5.8M
2019-03-16	02:00 PM	JOLTs Job Openings
2019-04-13	02:00 PM	JOLTs Job Openings

United States Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	3.90	3.70	10.80	2.50	percent	[+]
Non Farm Payrolls	312.00	176.00	1115.00	-1967.00	Thousand	[+]
Nonfarm Payrolls Private	301.00	173.00	1089.00	-821.00	Thousand	[+]
Government Payrolls	11.00	3.00	427.00	-260.00	Thousand	[+]
Manufacturing Payrolls	32.00	27.00	572.00	-519.00	Thousand	[+]
Initial Jobless Claims	213.00	216.00	695.00	162.00	Thousand	[+]
Continuing Jobless Claims	1737.00	1719.00	6635.00	988.00	Thousand	[+]
ADP Employment Change	271.00	157.00	384.00	-836.00	Thousand	[+]
Employed Persons	156945.00	156803.00	156945.00	57635.00	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	6294.00	6018.00	15352.00	1596.00	Thousand	[+]
Average Hourly Earnings	0.40	0.20	0.60	-0.20	percent	[+]
Average Weekly Hours	34.50	34.40	34.60	33.70	Hours	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	63.10	62.90	67.30	58.10	percent	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	0.80	0.77	4.40	0.08	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	8.70	8.10	19.50	7.80	percent	[+]
Labour Costs	109.05	108.81	109.60	17.00	Index Points	[+]
Productivity	105.69	105.10	105.69	26.03	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	6540.00	7320.00	7320.00	2132.00	Thousand	[+]
Job Offers	6888.00	7131.00	7293.00	2196.00	Thousand	[+]
Challenger Job Cuts	43884.00	53073.00	248475.00	15100.00	Persons	[+]
Wages	23.05	22.96	23.05	2.50	USD/Hour	[+]
Wage Growth	4.20	4.49	13.78	-5.88	percent	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	21.91	21.80	21.91	1.27	USD/Hour	[+]
Minimum Wages	7.25	7.25	7.25	0.25	USD/Hour	[+]
Employment Cost Index	0.80	0.60	1.60	0.20	percent	[+]
Population	325.72	323.41	325.72	76.09	Million	[+]
Retirement Age Women	66.00	66.00	66.00	66.00		[+]
Retirement Age Men	66.00	66.00	66.00	66.00		[+]
Employment Rate	60.60	60.60	64.70	55.00	percent	[+]
Full Time Employment	129913.00	129755.00	129913.00	64640.00	Thousand	[+]
Part Time Employment	26994.00	27039.00	28134.00	10086.00	Thousand	[+]
Living Wage Family	2380.00	2270.00	2380.00	2160.00	USD/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	1660.00	1560.00	1660.00	1450.00	USD/Month	[+]
Wages High Skilled	4520.00	4330.00	4950.00	4330.00	USD/Month	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	1960.00	1760.00	2340.00	1760.00	USD/Month	[+]

United States Job Openings

In the United States, job openings refer to all positions that are open (not filled) on the last business day of the month. Job openings are part of the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS). The survey collects data from around 16400 nonfarm establishments including retailers and manufacturers, as well as federal, state, and local government entities in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The JOLTS assesses the unmet demand for labor in the U.S. labor market and gained attention in 2014 as favorite labor market indicator of Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen. This page provides the latest reported value for - United States Job Openings - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. United States Job Openings - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on January of 2019.