U.S. monthly job openings 2022-2024

Published by
Abigail Tierney,
Nov 12, 2024

By the last business day of September 2024, there were about 7.44 million job openings in the United States. This is a decrease from the previous month, when there were 7.86 million job openings. The data are seasonally adjusted. Seasonal adjustment is a statistical method for removing the seasonal component of a time series that is used when analyzing non-seasonal trends.

Monthly job openings in the United States from September 2022 to September 2024 (in millions)

CharacteristicJob openings in millions
Sep '24* 7.44
Aug '24 7.86
Jul '24 7.71
Jun '24 7.91
May '24 8.23
Apr '24 7.92
Mar '24 8.36
Feb '24 8.81
Jan '24 8.75
Dec '23 8.89
Nov '23 8.93
Oct '23 9.31
Sep '23 9.35
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Release date

October 2024

Region

United States

Survey time period

September 2022 to September 2024

Supplementary notes

The data are seasonally adjusted.
* Preliminary data.

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