Public dataset
Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, monthly industry rates
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Rows
- 114
- Years
- 2017-2026
- Accessed
- Aug 13, 2026
Canonical indicator / job-openings-rate
Total nonfarm job openings rate
Total nonfarm job openings divided by employment plus openings. The rate is a national labor-flow measure, not a local labor market or employer-power estimate.
National economic contextpercent of employment plus openingsCalendar month2017-01-2026-06
2026-06 latest
4.4%+0.7% from 2017-01- Observations
- 114
- 1 bounded entity
- Coverage
- 2017-2026
- 10 observed periods
- Sources
- 1
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Exact pair
- r 0.881
- 114 entity-period matches
Indicator dossierJob openings114 observations / 2017-2026
01 / Measurement contract
Definition before comparison
The unit, universe, period, and source boundary travel with every observation.
What this series measures
Total nonfarm job openings divided by employment plus openings. The rate is a national labor-flow measure, not a local labor market or employer-power estimate.
The National Economic Context Observatory places exact source observations on one dated workspace, but it does not merge their units, frequencies, universes, seasonal-adjustment conventions, or release calendars. Monthly, quarterly, calendar-year, and fiscal-year signals keep independent scales. Missing periods are not interpolated or carried forward. These descriptive accounts do not establish concentration, profits, markups, employer power, a legal antitrust market, policy effectiveness, welfare effects, or causation, and they are never combined into a composite score.
- Indicator ID
- job-openings-rate
- Unit
- percent of employment plus openings
- Observation dimension
- Native publication period
- Grouping field
- Evidence system
- Period basis
- Calendar month
- Ranking contract
- Compare observed periods within one bounded series
02 / Observed variation
Fiscal-year range and trajectory
2017-01-2026-06; absent and withheld values do not enter the distribution.
- Minimum
- 3.4%
- 25th percentile
- 4.3%
- Median
- 4.6%
- 75th percentile
- 5.6%
- Maximum
- 7.5%
Selected interval4.2% to 4.6%45 observations / 39.5% of the snapshot
Ranked reference rowspercent of employment plus openings
- 012022-03United States labor flows7.5%
- 022022-04United States labor flows7.3%
- 032022-02United States labor flows7.2%
- 042022-05United States labor flows7.1%
- 052021-12United States labor flows7.1%
- 062022-07United States labor flows7.0%
- 072022-01United States labor flows7.0%
- 082021-11United States labor flows7.0%
- 1132017-01United States labor flows3.7%
- 1142020-04United States labor flows3.4%
03 / Coverage and quality
Where the series has evidence
Observed rows are counted explicitly by period, group, verification status, and confidence level.
Period ledger10 observed periods
20171 entity121 source
20181 entity121 source
20191 entity121 source
20201 entity121 source
20211 entity121 source
20221 entity121 source
20231 entity121 source
20241 entity121 source
20251 entity121 source
20261 entity61 source
Evidence stateAll indicator observations
Data status
99.1%Verified / 1130.9%Preliminary / 1Confidence
100.0%High / 114Evidence systemLatest bounded snapshot, largest groups first
| Group | Rows | Average | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Labor-market flows | 114 | 5.0% | 3.4% to 7.5% |
04 / Exact paired lens
Job openings and quits rates
Published total-nonfarm job openings and quits rates for the same calendar month.
Same entity + same period0.881Pearson correlation across 114 exact pairs
-1 inverse 0 +1 aligned
- Pairing rule
- Same total-nonfarm JOLTS universe and exact calendar month
- Companion indicator
- Quits
- Matched current-series rows
- 114 / 114 (100.0%)
- Unpaired current-series rows
- 0; excluded from correlation
Interpretation boundaryThe National Economic Context Observatory places exact source observations on one dated workspace, but it does not merge their units, frequencies, universes, seasonal-adjustment conventions, or release calendars. Monthly, quarterly, calendar-year, and fiscal-year signals keep independent scales. Missing periods are not interpolated or carried forward. These descriptive accounts do not establish concentration, profits, markups, employer power, a legal antitrust market, policy effectiveness, welfare effects, or causation, and they are never combined into a composite score. The paired national flows do not define a local labor market or estimate employer power.
05 / Source custody
Evidence behind the series
1 source family, 0 contextual references, and 1 encoded methodology note.
Reusable indicator packetExact rows, stable identifier, and explicit route contract
- Canonical URL
- /indicators/job-openings-rate
- Indicator filter
- indicator=job-openings-rate
- License
- Antitrust Radar compilation: CC BY 4.0; upstream terms remain in force
Method notes encoded on rowsNo inferred methodology is substituted
- 01
Total nonfarm job openings divided by employment plus openings. The rate is a national labor-flow measure, not a local labor market or employer-power estimate.
Indicator evidence guardrail
One measure, one contract
This profile documents one bounded indicator at a time. Its ranks, distributions, histories, and paired views remain inside the stated universe, period basis, source, unit, and methodology; they are descriptive research screens, not legal findings or components of a composite score.
The National Economic Context Observatory places exact source observations on one dated workspace, but it does not merge their units, frequencies, universes, seasonal-adjustment conventions, or release calendars. Monthly, quarterly, calendar-year, and fiscal-year signals keep independent scales. Missing periods are not interpolated or carried forward. These descriptive accounts do not establish concentration, profits, markups, employer power, a legal antitrust market, policy effectiveness, welfare effects, or causation, and they are never combined into a composite score.