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Factory Job Openings Tumble to 481,000

Factory Job Openings tumble 9.1% in June 2026 to 481,000 and up 23.0% from a year earlier.

Factory Job Openings tumble 9.1% in June 2026 to 481,000 and up 23.0% from a year earlier.

• June 2026: 481,000
• on the month: -9.1%
• on the year: +23.0%

The print sits 66% of the way up the archived range of 389,000 (September 2025) to 529,000 (May 2026), with the standing trend rising.

The year-over-year comparison is against June 2025, which printed 391,000. Source: Federal Reserve, Census, BLS, and ATA via FRED. The number above is the agency's published value, unrounded; the history and any later revisions stay queryable on the live data page.

Published 2026-08-10.