US Macro Employment

JOLTS

Author

aLe

Published

June 2, 2026

Overview

Summary table

JOLTS Summary
abr-26
Indicator abr-25 fev-26 mar-26 abr-26 2019 Avg
Job openings (K) 7,098 6,922 6,887 7,618 7,154
V/U 0.99 0.91 0.95 1.03 1.19
Vacancy rate 4.3% 4.2% 4.2% 4.6% 4.5%
Hiring rate 3.4% 3.1% 3.5% 3.2% 3.9%
Quits rate 2.0% 1.9% 2.0% 1.9% 2.3%
Layoffs rate 1.1% 1.1% 1.2% 1.1% 1.2%
Total sep. rate 3.3% 3.2% 3.4% 3.1% 3.8%
Table: aLe | Data: BLS

Beveridge Curve

V/U Ratio

Job Openings

Heatmaps

Job Openings Net Change - MoM SA (K)
abr/26
mai/25 jun/25 jul/25 ago/25 set/25 out/25 nov/25 dez/25 jan/26 fev/26 mar/26 abr/26
Total nonfarm 212 −106 −115 −170 250 1 −324 −296 690 −318 −35 731
Total private 236 −171 −39 −108 206 −21 −196 −360 660 −291 −40 684
Mining and logging −3 5 −13 9 1 −3 −1 3 8 −12 3 2
Manufacturing 25 −10 37 −12 −27 37 −37 37 84 −67 7 24
Trade, transp. and utilities −97 139 45 41 −86 203 −142 −139 181 −21 24 5
Information −25 14 34 −16 −22 −2 −29 24 −12 −20 3 4
Financial activities 111 −133 35 −61 15 −53 51 −126 211 −10 105 −135
Education and health 78 −158 −174 83 36 −72 14 −74 37 −93 126 96
Leisure and hospitality 249 −77 −29 80 102 −71 −208 83 163 −167 −70 −67
Government −24 66 −78 −61 44 22 −128 64 30 −27 5 47
Table: aLe | Data: BLS
Job Openings Net Change - MM3M SA (K)
abr/26
mai/25 jun/25 jul/25 ago/25 set/25 out/25 nov/25 dez/25 jan/26 fev/26 mar/26 abr/26
Total nonfarm 23 84 −3 −130 −12 27 −24 −206 23 25 112 126
Total private 50 76 9 −106 20 26 −4 −192 35 3 110 118
Mining and logging 0 4 −4 0 −1 2 −1 0 3 0 0 −2
Manufacturing 0 1 17 5 −1 −1 −9 12 28 18 8 −12
Trade, transp. and utilities −31 35 29 75 0 53 −8 −26 −33 7 61 3
Information −5 3 8 11 −1 −13 −18 −2 −6 −3 −10 −4
Financial activities 44 −9 4 −53 −4 −33 4 −43 45 25 102 −13
Education and health 45 50 −85 −83 −18 16 −7 −44 −8 −43 23 43
Leisure and hospitality 27 18 48 −9 51 37 −59 −65 13 26 −25 −101
Government −27 8 −12 −24 −32 2 −21 −14 −11 22 3 8
Table: aLe | Data: BLS
Job Openings Net Change - YoY SA (K)
abr/26
mai/25 jun/25 jul/25 ago/25 set/25 out/25 nov/25 dez/25 jan/26 fev/26 mar/26 abr/26
Total nonfarm −472 −212 −337 −601 226 −209 −720 −745 −191 −320 −65 520
Total private −238 −102 −186 −370 334 −86 −494 −579 −64 −170 38 560
Mining and logging −5 9 −12 −2 0 −5 −4 0 12 −2 8 −1
Manufacturing −140 −80 −53 −45 −77 −11 −26 25 63 43 61 98
Trade, transp. and utilities −91 −1 138 73 90 296 179 −31 92 128 211 153
Information −11 15 52 36 5 −61 −31 7 −1 −45 −32 −47
Financial activities 87 −40 54 −21 −18 −70 −57 −146 5 62 141 10
Education and health −72 −193 −274 −156 78 −157 −214 −157 −175 −265 32 −101
Leisure and hospitality 251 93 9 111 265 74 −139 −266 110 −42 −64 −12
Government −234 −109 −152 −232 −108 −123 −226 −167 −127 −150 −104 −40
Table: aLe | Data: BLS

Total nonfarm – MoM & MM3M

JO decomposition by industry

Vacancy rate (JO rate)

Vacancy rate heatmap (by industry)

Vacancy Rate by Industry - Level (%)
abr/26
mai/25 jun/25 jul/25 ago/25 set/25 out/25 nov/25 dez/25 jan/26 fev/26 mar/26 abr/26
Total nonfarm 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.3 4.3 4.1 4.0 4.4 4.2 4.2 4.6
Total private 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.1 4.6 4.4 4.4 4.8
Mining and logging 3.1 3.9 1.9 3.4 3.5 3.1 2.9 3.4 4.6 2.7 3.3 3.5
Manufacturing 3.1 3.0 3.3 3.2 3.0 3.3 3.0 3.3 3.9 3.4 3.4 3.6
Trade, transp. and utilities 3.1 3.5 3.7 3.8 3.5 4.2 3.7 3.3 3.9 3.8 3.9 3.9
Information 3.7 4.1 5.2 4.7 4.0 3.9 3.0 3.8 3.4 2.8 2.9 3.1
Financial activities 5.6 3.8 4.3 3.5 3.7 2.9 3.7 1.9 4.8 4.7 6.1 4.3
Education and health 6.1 5.5 5.0 5.2 5.3 5.1 5.1 4.9 5.0 4.7 5.1 5.4
Leisure and hospitality 6.0 5.6 5.4 5.9 6.4 6.0 4.9 5.3 6.2 5.3 4.9 4.6
Government 3.3 3.5 3.2 3.0 3.1 3.3 2.7 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.2
Table: aLe | Data: BLS

Hires

Heatmaps

Hires Net Change - MoM SA (K)
abr/26
mai/25 jun/25 jul/25 ago/25 set/25 out/25 nov/25 dez/25 jan/26 fev/26 mar/26 abr/26
Total nonfarm −63 −1 −102 −80 99 −64 −161 253 75 −448 636 −419
Total private −59 6 −86 −57 47 −52 −107 222 65 −459 650 −423
Mining and logging −6 3 −5 5 −3 0 −1 3 −6 5 1 2
Manufacturing −41 12 7 4 1 9 −31 4 8 −8 22 −20
Trade, transp. and utilities 22 47 −32 −44 6 38 −75 95 −12 −30 232 −134
Information −5 5 −13 −1 2 1 4 13 2 −20 18 −11
Financial activities 5 −11 15 −14 15 −14 −11 9 −35 27 3 −15
Education and health −78 39 1 2 89 −69 −63 71 −24 −95 80 −67
Leisure and hospitality 123 −42 −86 −3 −14 12 49 55 36 −168 81 −27
Government −4 −8 −15 −23 52 −13 −53 31 10 11 −15 5
Table: aLe | Data: BLS
Hires Net Change - MM3M SA (K)
abr/26
mai/25 jun/25 jul/25 ago/25 set/25 out/25 nov/25 dez/25 jan/26 fev/26 mar/26 abr/26
Total nonfarm 31 −2 −55 −61 −28 −15 −42 9 56 −40 88 −77
Total private 28 −1 −46 −46 −32 −21 −37 21 60 −57 85 −77
Mining and logging −1 1 −3 1 −1 1 −1 1 −1 1 0 3
Manufacturing −11 −7 −7 8 4 5 −7 −6 −6 1 7 −2
Trade, transp. and utilities −29 −6 12 −10 −23 0 −10 19 3 18 63 23
Information 1 2 −4 −3 −4 1 2 6 6 −2 0 −4
Financial activities 2 −11 3 −3 5 −4 −3 −5 −12 0 −2 5
Education and health −12 −2 −13 14 31 7 −14 −20 −5 −16 −13 −27
Leisure and hospitality 84 48 −2 −44 −34 −2 16 39 47 −26 −17 −38
Government 2 −1 −9 −15 5 5 −5 −12 −4 17 2 0
Table: aLe | Data: BLS
Hires Net Change - YoY SA (K)
abr/26
mai/25 jun/25 jul/25 ago/25 set/25 out/25 nov/25 dez/25 jan/26 fev/26 mar/26 abr/26
Total nonfarm −164 190 −205 −59 −183 −48 −136 −20 109 −337 202 −275
Total private −138 180 −129 5 −173 −20 −81 30 143 −336 220 −253
Mining and logging −1 3 −3 3 −3 0 −4 −1 −5 −1 2 −2
Manufacturing −74 −44 −47 −8 −45 −6 −23 −17 −24 −28 −5 −33
Trade, transp. and utilities −104 −67 −99 −13 −68 −15 −121 −48 −37 −93 161 113
Information −2 12 −4 −10 −7 5 4 12 26 −3 12 −5
Financial activities 20 −22 15 6 24 21 17 −5 −38 −13 −39 −26
Education and health −106 −29 −93 12 25 −22 −60 −5 −11 −84 −13 −114
Leisure and hospitality 163 245 23 2 −27 36 56 151 214 90 106 16
Government −26 9 −76 −64 −10 −28 −55 −49 −35 −1 −19 −22
Table: aLe | Data: BLS

Hiring rate

Hiring rate heatmap (by industry)

Hiring Rate by Industry - Level (%)
abr/26
mai/25 jun/25 jul/25 ago/25 set/25 out/25 nov/25 dez/25 jan/26 fev/26 mar/26 abr/26
Total nonfarm 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.1 3.5 3.2
Total private 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.7 3.7 3.4 3.9 3.5
Mining and logging 2.9 3.4 2.7 3.4 2.9 3.0 2.8 3.3 2.4 3.2 3.4 3.7
Manufacturing 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.2 2.4 2.3
Trade, transp. and utilities 3.4 3.6 3.5 3.3 3.3 3.5 3.2 3.5 3.5 3.4 4.2 3.7
Information 2.7 2.9 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.7 3.1 3.2 2.5 3.2 2.8
Financial activities 2.2 2.0 2.2 2.0 2.2 2.0 1.9 2.0 1.5 1.9 2.0 1.7
Education and health 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.3 3.0 2.8 3.0 2.9 2.6 2.9 2.6
Leisure and hospitality 6.4 6.1 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.6 5.8 6.2 6.4 5.4 5.9 5.7
Government 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4
Table: aLe | Data: BLS

Quits

Heatmaps

Quits Net Change - MoM SA (K)
abr/26
mai/25 jun/25 jul/25 ago/25 set/25 out/25 nov/25 dez/25 jan/26 fev/26 mar/26 abr/26
Total nonfarm 143 −33 −122 −37 −105 −10 139 106 −94 −85 114 −183
Total private 138 −19 −123 −42 −165 49 149 100 −93 −85 119 −204
Mining and logging 1 0 1 −1 −2 1 2 2 −4 1 0 0
Manufacturing −31 25 0 −15 18 −7 14 −4 −21 10 −5 −1
Trade, transp. and utilities 70 27 −80 17 −42 70 −3 97 −72 43 19 −83
Information 5 6 −6 −2 −12 14 8 1 −5 2 −11 −5
Financial activities 13 −12 10 −13 7 −21 8 0 −7 1 23 −22
Education and health −20 6 −31 78 0 −54 −17 14 −41 8 50 −24
Leisure and hospitality 95 79 −125 −136 −70 17 200 8 5 −101 10 −18
Government 6 −14 1 5 60 −60 −10 7 −2 1 −5 21
Table: aLe | Data: BLS
Quits Net Change - MM3M SA (K)
abr/26
mai/25 jun/25 jul/25 ago/25 set/25 out/25 nov/25 dez/25 jan/26 fev/26 mar/26 abr/26
Total nonfarm 45 −67 −4 −64 −88 −51 8 78 50 −24 −22 −51
Total private 46 −63 −1 −61 −110 −53 11 99 52 −26 −20 −57
Mining and logging 0 −1 1 0 −1 −1 0 2 0 0 −1 0
Manufacturing −10 −4 −2 3 1 −1 8 1 −4 −5 −5 1
Trade, transp. and utilities −6 −13 6 −12 −35 15 8 55 7 23 −3 −7
Information 1 1 2 −1 −7 0 3 8 1 −1 −5 −5
Financial activities 7 −4 4 −5 1 −9 −2 −4 0 −2 6 1
Education and health 8 −6 −15 18 16 8 −24 −19 −15 −6 6 11
Leisure and hospitality 52 61 16 −61 −110 −63 49 75 71 −29 −29 −36
Government −2 −5 −2 −3 22 2 −3 −21 −2 2 −2 6
Table: aLe | Data: BLS
Quits Net Change - YoY SA (K)
abr/26
mai/25 jun/25 jul/25 ago/25 set/25 out/25 nov/25 dez/25 jan/26 fev/26 mar/26 abr/26
Total nonfarm −99 −26 −227 −145 −133 −235 69 140 −72 −107 −296 −167
Total private −74 −27 −232 −148 −191 −242 76 158 −71 −90 −280 −176
Mining and logging 0 2 4 4 0 1 3 8 1 1 −2 1
Manufacturing −70 −29 −48 −58 −20 −35 −4 −9 −29 −11 −21 −17
Trade, transp. and utilities −60 −48 −118 0 −68 16 −13 128 27 39 11 63
Information −14 9 −17 −9 −16 −4 11 9 0 8 −8 −5
Financial activities 31 −15 22 6 10 −1 3 −6 −9 −6 −4 −13
Education and health −78 −9 −124 54 67 −20 −8 1 −56 −13 −11 −31
Leisure and hospitality 129 248 50 −126 −111 −145 145 170 151 33 −9 −36
Government −25 1 6 3 58 6 −8 −18 −2 −17 −17 10
Table: aLe | Data: BLS

Quits rate

Quits rate heatmap (by industry)

Quits Rate by Industry - Level (%)
abr/26
mai/25 jun/25 jul/25 ago/25 set/25 out/25 nov/25 dez/25 jan/26 fev/26 mar/26 abr/26
Total nonfarm 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.9 2.0 1.9
Total private 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.1
Mining and logging 2.1 2.1 2.3 2.1 1.9 2.0 2.3 2.7 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1
Manufacturing 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3
Trade, transp. and utilities 2.3 2.3 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.2 2.2 2.6 2.3 2.5 2.5 2.2
Information 1.3 1.5 1.3 1.2 0.8 1.2 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.1 0.9
Financial activities 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.4 1.1
Education and health 1.9 1.9 1.8 2.1 2.1 1.9 1.8 1.9 1.7 1.7 1.9 1.8
Leisure and hospitality 4.5 5.0 4.3 3.5 3.0 3.1 4.3 4.4 4.4 3.8 3.8 3.7
Government 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8
Table: aLe | Data: BLS

Layoffs & Discharges

Heatmaps

Layoffs Net Change - MoM SA (K)
abr/26
mai/25 jun/25 jul/25 ago/25 set/25 out/25 nov/25 dez/25 jan/26 fev/26 mar/26 abr/26
Total nonfarm −147 172 −71 60 −16 75 −231 6 −6 54 170 −192
Total private −168 190 −66 48 −8 52 −207 17 −7 46 174 −194
Mining and logging −1 3 −3 3 −2 −3 0 2 −2 0 1 0
Manufacturing −8 −7 9 13 −15 18 −34 10 11 −18 −6 5
Trade, transp. and utilities −1 5 50 −58 10 12 −51 49 −50 51 52 −99
Information −5 7 −2 −4 3 0 −2 6 8 3 7 0
Financial activities −40 12 4 6 −6 7 −4 −8 8 −5 −9 5
Education and health −34 8 7 −11 35 18 −50 10 −13 10 −9 2
Leisure and hospitality −17 7 −10 72 −10 18 −82 3 49 7 −14 28
Government 20 −17 −6 13 −9 23 −24 −11 2 7 −3 0
Table: aLe | Data: BLS
Layoffs Net Change - MM3M SA (K)
abr/26
mai/25 jun/25 jul/25 ago/25 set/25 out/25 nov/25 dez/25 jan/26 fev/26 mar/26 abr/26
Total nonfarm −65 83 −15 54 −9 40 −57 −50 −77 18 73 11
Total private −70 89 −15 57 −9 31 −54 −46 −66 19 71 9
Mining and logging 0 0 0 1 −1 −1 −2 0 0 0 0 0
Manufacturing −3 0 −2 5 2 5 −10 −2 −4 1 −4 −6
Trade, transp. and utilities −29 −6 18 −1 1 −12 −10 3 −17 17 18 1
Information −3 2 0 0 −1 0 0 1 4 6 6 3
Financial activities −4 −1 −8 7 1 2 −1 −2 −1 −2 −2 −3
Education and health −5 11 −6 1 10 14 1 −7 −18 2 −4 1
Leisure and hospitality −17 15 −7 23 17 27 −25 −20 −10 20 14 7
Government 4 −6 −1 −3 −1 9 −3 −4 −11 −1 2 1
Table: aLe | Data: BLS
Layoffs Net Change - YoY SA (K)
abr/26
mai/25 jun/25 jul/25 ago/25 set/25 out/25 nov/25 dez/25 jan/26 fev/26 mar/26 abr/26
Total nonfarm −76 346 61 149 36 241 −171 −23 −78 −153 289 −126
Total private −92 349 73 146 30 213 −174 −10 −67 −144 317 −123
Mining and logging −1 2 1 3 2 −3 −3 −6 −2 −2 −3 −2
Manufacturing −9 −17 12 27 −40 27 −29 −4 −10 −21 −13 −22
Trade, transp. and utilities −12 −24 −34 −23 7 −36 −82 −56 −59 −70 47 −30
Information −4 6 −5 −10 10 −3 −8 20 21 9 24 21
Financial activities −19 6 0 1 11 6 17 −1 10 3 −11 −30
Education and health −7 26 12 1 27 49 −19 6 1 0 29 −27
Leisure and hospitality −67 56 0 95 50 112 −110 −56 17 3 77 51
Government 17 −2 −12 4 6 28 4 −13 −10 −9 −27 −5
Table: aLe | Data: BLS

Layoff rate

Layoff rate heatmap (by industry)

Layoff Rate by Industry - Level (%)
abr/26
mai/25 jun/25 jul/25 ago/25 set/25 out/25 nov/25 dez/25 jan/26 fev/26 mar/26 abr/26
Total nonfarm 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.1
Total private 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.2
Mining and logging 1.0 1.4 1.0 1.5 1.1 0.7 0.7 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.9 0.8
Manufacturing 0.9 0.8 0.9 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.8
Trade, transp. and utilities 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.0
Information 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.5 1.8 1.9 2.2 2.1
Financial activities 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.5
Education and health 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
Leisure and hospitality 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.8 1.7 1.8 1.3 1.4 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.8
Government 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Table: aLe | Data: BLS

Rates Overview

Aggregate rates heatmap (level)

JOLTS Rates - Level (%)
abr/26
mai/25 jun/25 jul/25 ago/25 set/25 out/25 nov/25 dez/25 jan/26 fev/26 mar/26 abr/26
Vacancy rate (JO) 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.3 4.3 4.1 4.0 4.4 4.2 4.2 4.6
Hiring rate 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.1 3.5 3.2
Quits rate 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.9 2.0 1.9
Layoffs rate 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.1
Total separations rate 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.4 3.1
Table: aLe | Data: BLS

Aggregate rates heatmap (MoM change, pp)

JOLTS Rates - MoM Change (pp)
abr/26
mai/25 jun/25 jul/25 ago/25 set/25 out/25 nov/25 dez/25 jan/26 fev/26 mar/26 abr/26
Vacancy rate (JO) 0.1 −0.1 0.0 −0.1 0.1 0.0 −0.2 −0.1 0.4 −0.2 0.0 0.4
Hiring rate 0.0 0.0 −0.1 −0.1 0.1 0.0 −0.1 0.1 0.1 −0.3 0.4 −0.3
Quits rate 0.1 0.0 −0.1 0.0 −0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 −0.1 0.1 −0.1
Layoffs rate 0.0 0.1 −0.1 0.1 −0.1 0.1 −0.2 0.1 −0.1 0.1 0.1 −0.1
Total separations rate 0.0 0.1 −0.1 0.0 0.0 −0.1 0.0 0.1 −0.1 0.0 0.2 −0.3
Table: aLe | Data: BLS
JOLTS Rates - MM3M Change (pp)
abr/26
mai/25 jun/25 jul/25 ago/25 set/25 out/25 nov/25 dez/25 jan/26 fev/26 mar/26 abr/26
Vacancy rate (JO) 0.0 0.0 0.0 −0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 −0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
Hiring rate 0.0 0.0 0.0 −0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 −0.1
Quits rate 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 −0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Layoffs rate 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 −0.1 0.0 −0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total separations rate 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Table: aLe | Data: BLS
JOLTS Rates - YoY Change (pp)
abr/26
mai/25 jun/25 jul/25 ago/25 set/25 out/25 nov/25 dez/25 jan/26 fev/26 mar/26 abr/26
Vacancy rate (JO) −0.3 −0.2 −0.2 −0.4 0.1 −0.2 −0.5 −0.4 −0.1 −0.2 0.0 0.3
Hiring rate −0.1 0.1 −0.1 −0.1 −0.1 0.0 −0.1 0.0 0.1 −0.2 0.1 −0.2
Quits rate 0.0 0.0 −0.1 −0.1 −0.1 −0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 −0.1 −0.2 −0.1
Layoffs rate 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2 −0.2 0.0 −0.1 −0.1 0.2 0.0
Total separations rate −0.1 0.2 −0.1 0.0 0.0 −0.1 −0.1 0.1 −0.1 −0.1 0.1 −0.2
Table: aLe | Data: BLS

All rates – Total nonfarm

Hires vs Quits vs Layoffs (level, K)

Net hiring (Hires – Total Separations)