Factory demand
Manufacturing Job Openings
As of Aug 2026, manufacturing job openings stands at 522 thousands (BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey via FRED), rising over the recent window.
What this measures and why it matters
- Manufacturing Job Openings is a demand-side signal for U.S. manufacturing: it says how much work is flowing through the sector. Reading it before committing to capacity, staffing, or inventory keeps those decisions aligned with where real order volume is heading.
- The figure comes from BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey via FRED and is reported in thousands. MFG Calcs archives every published value, so the chart and table below show the full recorded history rather than a single snapshot, and they extend automatically as new data lands.
Current reading and trend
- Latest reading: 522 thousands for Aug 2026.
- Prior period: 576 (Jul 2026), a decline of 54.00.
- Compared with a year earlier, manufacturing job openings is up 25.5%.
- Across the archived window the high was 576 in Jul 2026 and the low was 389 in Sep 2025.
- The series has moved down for 1 consecutive periods.
- 16 observations have been archived so far, and this page deepens automatically each time BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey via FRED publishes a new figure.
Recent observations
- Aug 2026: 522 thousands
- Jul 2026: 576 thousands
- Jun 2026: 501 thousands
- May 2026: 517 thousands
- Apr 2026: 496 thousands
- Mar 2026: 450 thousands
- Feb 2026: 443 thousands
- Jan 2026: 510 thousands
- Dec 2025: 426 thousands
- Nov 2025: 389 thousands
- Oct 2025: 426 thousands
- Sep 2025: 389 thousands
- Aug 2025: 416 thousands
- Jul 2025: 428 thousands
- Jun 2025: 391 thousands
- May 2025: 401 thousands
Last reviewed 2026-09-30.