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United States Job Openings
Job openings for United States measure the total number of available positions that employers are actively trying to fill. In the US this data comes from the BLS JOLTS survey.
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Why Job Openings matters for USD
The ratio of job openings to unemployed workers (the 'jobs-to-unemployed ratio') is a key Federal Reserve metric. High openings relative to unemployed workers signal a very tight labour market and inflationary wage pressure.
How to interpret this series
A surprise decline in job openings signals cooling labour demand and can shift expectations toward earlier rate cuts, weakening the usd. Persistently high openings reinforce the 'higher for longer' rate narrative.
Historical Job Openings
Source: BLS. Cadence: Monthly. Unit: Thousands. History from 2000-12-31 (25.5 years).
Recent announcements
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Average Weekly Earnings / Wages
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Employment Level
Total number of employed persons.
Full-Time Employment
Number of persons employed full-time.
Initial Jobless Claims
Weekly initial unemployment insurance claims.
Labor Force Participation Rate
Ratio of the labor force to the working-age population.
NAIRU (Natural Rate of Unemployment)
Non-Accelerating Inflation Rate of Unemployment — the estimated unemployment rate consistent with stable inflation, published by the Congressional Budget Office.
Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP)
Number of workers in the U.S. excluding farm workers.
Part-Time Employment
Number of persons employed part-time.
Unemployment Rate
Percentage of the labor force that is unemployed.
Common questions
Editorial context for readers and AI agents using this page as a cited country indicator source.
How often is United States Job Openings updated?
Job Openings for United States is released on a monthly schedule by Federal Reserve (or the relevant national statistics agency). FXMacroData ingests each new value within seconds of the official publication and exposes the exact announcement timestamp on every record.
What unit is Job Openings reported in?
The series is published in Thousands. The exact unit is also returned on every API response under the indicator metadata.
Where does FXMacroData source United States Job Openings data?
Data is fetched directly from Federal Reserve or the official national statistics publication for United States. The source URL is preserved on every announcement record so downstream consumers can trace the value back to its primary release.
How do I query Job Openings for United States via the API?
Issue a GET request to /api/v1/announcements/usd/job_openings?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY. The response contains a chronological list of observations with values, release dates, and announcement timestamps. USD announcement data is public; other currencies require a Professional API key.