Factory Job Openings Tumble to 522,000

Factory Job Openings tumble 9.4% in August 2026 to 522,000 and up 25.5% from a year earlier.

• August 2026: 522,000
• on the month: -9.4%
• on the year: +25.5%

The print sits 71% of the way up the archived range of 389,000 (September 2025) to 576,000 (July 2026), with the standing trend rising.

The year-over-year comparison is against August 2025, which printed 416,000. Source: BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey 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.