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 Citation:
Whitesel, Leah. Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) BLS. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-04-29. https://doi.org/10.3886/E227696V2
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Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) BLS
Summary:
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Bureau of Labor Statistics - Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) 2000-2025
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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.
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https://www.bls.gov/jlt/data.htm
Scope of Project
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employment
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1/2000 – 2/2025
Data Type(s):
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aggregate data
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