Factory demand

Manufacturing job openings

Name: Manufacturing job openings — U.S. manufacturing data
Creator: MFG Calcs
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

As of May 2026, manufacturing job openings stands at 529 thousands (Federal Reserve, Census, BLS, and ATA 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 Federal Reserve, Census, BLS, and ATA 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.

Latest reading: 529 thousands for May 2026.
Prior period: 496 (Apr 2026), a rise of 33.00.
Compared with a year earlier, manufacturing job openings is up 31.9%.
Across the archived window the high was 529 in May 2026 and the low was 389 in Sep 2025.
The series has moved up for 3 consecutive periods.
13 observations have been archived so far, and this page deepens automatically each time Federal Reserve, Census, BLS, and ATA via FRED publishes a new figure.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.