Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) BLS

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Leah Whitesel, Data Rescue 4/24/25

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Project Description

Project Title:  View help for Project Title Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) BLS
Summary:  View help for Summary Bureau of Labor Statistics - Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) 2000-2025

From the BLS:

Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey Overview Page

The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) is a monthly survey that has been developed to address the need for data on job openings, hires, and separations.

Purpose

These data serve as demand-side indicators of labor shortages at the national level. Prior to JOLTS, there was no economic indicator of the unmet demand for labor with which to assess the presence or extent of labor shortages in the United States. The availability of unfilled jobs—the job openings rate—is an important measure of the tightness of job markets, parallel to existing measures of unemployment.

Scope

Data from a sample of approximately 21,000 U.S. business establishments are collected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics through JOLTS Data Collection Centers in Atlanta and Kansas City. The JOLTS survey covers all nonagricultural industries in the public and private sectors for the 50 States and the District of Columbia.

Data Elements

JOLTS collects data on Total Employment, Job Openings, Hires, Quits, Layoffs & Discharges, and Other Separations. For more information on the JOLTS data elements, see the JOLTS data definitions page.

Reference Periods

Total Employment - the pay period that includes the 12th of the month.Job Openings - the last business day of the month.Hires and Separations - the entire calendar month.
Original Distribution URL:  View help for Original Distribution URL https://www.bls.gov/jlt/data.htm

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms employment
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) aggregate data


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