Job Openings: Total Nonfarm
Job Openings: Total Nonfarm is unfilled positions that meet the publisher's active-recruiting rule, reported as Level in Thousands.
7079.00
Level in Thousands
Job Openings: Total Nonfarm — latest reading: 7079.00 level in thousands. As of August 2026, it is up 2.3% over the past 12 months, below its 10-year average. Source: JTSJOL, US Bureau of Labor Statistics, published monthly. Reported as published, without transformation; the publisher may revise it.
Min
2232.00
Max
12301.00
Average
5515.17
10Y Percentile
37%
3M Change
-6.1%
Job Openings: Total Nonfarm (JTSJOL) — 309 observations from 2000-12-01 to 2026-08-01. Source: FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Red shading indicates NBER recession periods.
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Next scheduled release: Tue, Nov 3 (Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, per the FRED release calendar — scheduled dates can move).
How these numbers changed
Every figure above is the current one. These are the same periods as first published — what Job Openings: Total Nonfarm said on the day, before it was restated. Measured in Level in Thousands.
| Period | First print | Now | Change | Republished |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | 7271 | 7335 | +64 | 1× |
| Jun 2026 | 7359 | 7182 | -177 | 1× |
| May 2026 | 7594 | 7537 | -57 | 1× |
| Apr 2026 | 7618 | 7585 | -33 | 1× |
| Mar 2026 | 6866 | 6887 | +21 | 1× |
| Feb 2026 | 6882 | 6922 | +40 | 1× |
| Jan 2026 | 6946 | 7240 | +294 | 1× |
| Dec 2025 | 6542 | 6550 | +8 | 1× |
| Nov 2025 | 7146 | 6846 | -300 | 2× |
| Oct 2025 | 7670 | 7170 | -500 | 2× |
| Sep 2025 | 7658 | 7169 | -489 | 1× |
Job Openings: Total Nonfarm for July 2026 first printed at 7271 on September 1, 2026, was revised once, and now reads up to 7335. Recompute any row from FRED's own vintage archive.
Macro Regime Context
The growth regime is currently late cycle (71% confidence).
See what this means across all four regime dimensions →3-Month
-6.1%
6-Month
+2.3%
12-Month
+2.3%
What this means
Job Openings: Total Nonfarm is currently at 7079.00 level in thousands, which is below its 10-year historical average. The trend is decreasing (-6.1% over the past 3 months).
Over the past 6 months the change is +2.3%, and over 12 months it is +2.3%. The short-term move is accelerating relative to the longer trend.
Cite this page
MacroRadar, "Job Openings: Total Nonfarm," https://www.macroradar.io/job-openings-total-nonfarm (as of August 2026).