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US job openings rate 4.3%

Aug 2026, preliminary

US job openings rate fell 0.5 points since Jan 2019

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Jesse Hawkins, “Grapher: US job openings rate”, jesseahawkins.com, data retrieved 11 Oct 2026. https://jesseahawkins.com/series/openings/. Data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, public domain.

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@misc{hawkins2026seriesopenings,
  author = {Hawkins, Jesse},
  title = {{Grapher: US job openings rate}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://jesseahawkins.com/series/openings/}},
  note = {Data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, public domain, retrieved 2026-10-11}
}

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Job openings rate, total nonfarm, seasonally adjusted (Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey). Retrieved by this site on 2026-10-11.

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Newest reading, preliminary	Aug 2026	4.3%
A year before	Aug 2025	4.2%
Highest reading	Mar 2022	7.5%
Lowest reading	Apr 2020	3.4%
First reading	Jan 2019	4.8%

What the series is

Job openings rate, total nonfarm, seasonally adjusted (Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey). Unit: percent. The newest reading is preliminary, and the source can revise it.

Terms: Seasonally adjusted

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, public domain: US job openings rate. Retrieved 2026-10-11.